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.
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A penurious niggard of his wealth. --Milton.
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Be niggards of advice on no pretense. --Pope.
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Niggard
\Nig"gard\, a.
Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly;
miserly; stingy.
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Niggard
\Nig"gard\, v. t. & i.
To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak.
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