niggard
1Niggard — Nig gard (n[i^]g g[ e]rd), n. [Icel. hn[ o]ggr niggardly, stingy + ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne[ a]w.] A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] A penurious… …
2Niggard — Nig gard, a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. [1913 Webster] …
3Niggard — Nig gard, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] Shak. [1913 Webster] …
4niggard — index penurious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
5niggard — (n.) mean person, miser, late 14c., nygart, of uncertain origin. The suffix suggests French origin (Cf. ARD (Cf. ard)), but the root word is possibly from earlier nig stingy (c.1300), perhaps from a Scandinavian source related to O.N. hnèggr… …
6niggard — [nig′ərd] n. [ME negarde, prob. < Scand, as in ON hnøggr, Norw dial. nøgg, afraid, stingy < IE base * kneu (var. of * ken , to scrape) > OE hneaw, sparse, stingy] a stingy person; miser adj. stingy; miserly …
7niggard — nig•gard [[t]ˈnɪg ərd[/t]] sometimes off. n. 1) off an extremely stingy person 2) niggardly; stingy • Etymology: 1325–75; ME nyggard=nig niggard (< Scand; cf. dial. Sw nygg; akin to OE hnēaw stingy) + ard ard usage: The words niggard and… …
8niggard — 1. adjective Miserly or stingy. [H]is heart swelled within him, as he sat at the head of his own table, on the occasion of the house warming, dispensing with no niggard hand the gratuitous viands and unlimited beer, which were at once to… …
9niggard — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse hnøggr niggardly; akin to Old English hnēaw niggardly Date: 14th century a meanly covetous and stingy person ; miser • niggard adjective II. verb Date: circa 1600 …
10niggard — /nig euhrd/, n. 1. an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person. adj. 2. niggardly; miserly; stingy. [1325 75; ME nyggard, equiv. to nig niggard ( < Scand; cf. dial. Sw nygg; akin to OE hneaw stingy) + ARD] * * * …
