skinflint

English

Etymology

(From thieves' slang:) one who would skin a flint for the sake of gain or economy. (Source: Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language: College Edition, Cleveland and New York, The World Publishing Company, 1962, p. 1367.)

Noun

skinflint (plural skinflints)

1. One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.
   • 1842, Gogol, Dead Souls, chapter 4

     You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints--fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:miser

Translations

one who is excessively stingy or cautious with money

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小氣鬼／小气鬼 (zh) (xiǎoqìguǐ), 小气鬼 (zh) (xiǎoqìguǐ), 吝嗇鬼／吝啬鬼 (zh) (lìnsèguǐ), 吝啬鬼 (zh) (lìnsèguǐ)

• Danish: fedtsyl c
• Dutch: vrek (nl) m or f, gierigaard (nl) m
• Faroese: kargapisa f, nábalsklógv f
• Finnish: kitupiikki (fi)
• French: radin (fr) m, radine (fr) f, avare (fr) m or f
• German: Geizhals (de) m, Geizkragen (de) m, Knauser m, Knauserin f, Knicker m, Knickerin f, Pfennigfuchser (de) m, Pfennigfuchserin (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: θρῑ́ψ m (thrī́ps)

• Italian: avaro (it) m, avara (it) f
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• Japanese: けちんぼう (kechinbō)
• Latin: avarus m, avara f, parcēprōmus m
• Low German:

  German Low German: Pennschieter m, Pennschieterin f, Pennschietersch f, Pennschietersche f

• Maori: atuapo, tōhē, kaihākere, tōhē, kaikoropeke, porokaihākere
• Occitan: sarrat m, cusson (oc) m, avar (oc) m
• Portuguese: avaro (pt) m, avara (pt) f, pão-duro (pt) m or f
• Russian: скря́га (ru) m or f (skrjága), скупе́ц (ru) m (skupéc), скупердя́й (ru) m (skuperdjáj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: шкртац m, шкртица f, тврдица f

  Roman: škrtac (sh) m, škrtica (sh) f, tvrdica (sh) f

• Spanish: avaro (es) m, avara (es) f, tacaño (es) m, tacaña (es) f