Category:Stingy

Sting"y, a.

Defn: stinging; able to sting.

Stingy Stin"gy, a. [compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.] Etym: [probably From sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E. skinch.]

Defn: extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; Miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had Not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. L'estrange.