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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: niggard (0.01096 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to niggard.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: niggard niggard n : a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: skinflint, scrooge, churl]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Niggard Niggard \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 niggard of his wealth. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Be niggards of advice on no pretense. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Niggard \Nig"gard\, a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. [1913 Webster] Niggard \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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