Category:Niggard

Nig"gard, n. Etym: [icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. Njugg, as. hneáw.]

Defn: a person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; A stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. Chaucer. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope.

Niggard Nig"gard, a.

Defn: like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; Miserly; stingy.

Niggard Nig"gard, v. t. & i.

Defn: to act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [r.] Shak.