niggard

(nigərd)

noun

a stingy person; miser

Origin: 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

adjective

stingy; miserly

See niggard in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A stingy, grasping person; a miser.
adjective
Stingy; miserly.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English nigard

Origin: , perhaps from nig, stingy person

Origin: , of Scandinavian origin

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