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Etymology 1
From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens novel, A Christmas Carol.
Pronunciation
Noun
scrooge (plural scrooges)
- A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.
Synonyms
Translations
miserly person
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 吝啬鬼 (zh) (lìnsèguǐ)
- Czech: držgrešle (cs) m, skrblík (cs) m, lakomec (cs) m
- Dutch: vrek (nl) m, gierigaard (nl) m, krentenkakker (nl) m, krent (nl) m or f, schraper (nl) m
- Finnish: kitupiikki (fi), saituri (fi)
- French: avare (fr) m or f, grigou (fr) m, harpagon (fr) m, grippe-sou (fr)
- German: Geizhals (de) m, Geizkragen (de) m
- Greek:
- Ancient: θρίψ m (thríps)
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- Italian: avaro (it) m, tirchio (it) m, taccagno (it) m, spilorcio (it) m
- Persian: اسکروج (eskoruj)
- Polish: skąpiec (pl) m, sknera (pl) m, sknera (pl) f, sknerus (pl) m
- Portuguese: sovina (pt) m or f
- Russian: скупе́ц (ru) m (skupéc), скря́га (ru) m or f (skrjága)
- Spanish: tacaño (es) m, roñoso (es) m
- Vilamovian: gȧjcwonst m, gȧjcwenst pl
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Etymology 2
Verb
scrooge (third-person singular simple present scrooges, present participle scrooging, simple past and past participle scrooged)
- (UK, US, dialect) To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).
