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stingy — niggardly, penurious, tight fisted, 1650s, possibly a dialectal alteration of earlier stingy biting, sharp, stinging (1610s), from STING (Cf. sting) (v.). Back formation stinge a stingy person is recorded from 1914 … Etymology dictionary
Helvetism — A Helvetism (new lat. Helvetia = Switzerland and ism) is any distinctive characteristic of Swiss Standard German that is not found in other varieties of Standard German. The most typical helvetisms appear characteristically in vocabulary and… … Wikipedia
niggard — [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 … English World dictionary
penny pincher — noun someone who is excessively careful with money (who pinches every penny before letting go of it) • Hypernyms: ↑hoarder * * * noun : a niggardly or parsimonious person * * * penny pinching, n., adj. a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.… … Useful english dictionary
niggard — /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] * * * … Universalium
niggard — 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… … From formal English to slang
nig|gard — «NIHG uhrd», noun, adjective. –n. a stingy person; miser: »Little niggard!…refusing me a pecuniary request (Charlotte Brontë). SYNONYM(S): skinflint. –adj. stingy; miserly: »lands which a niggard nature had apparently condemned to perpetual… … Useful english dictionary
Hajji (disambiguation) — Hajji or Haji can mean a number of things:* Hajji is an Islamic honorific that has often been incorporated into family names and has been used as an ethnic slur. * Haji Abdulwahab, a famous Muslim leader * Haji is an actress. * Seamus Haji, a… … Wikipedia
niggard — 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… … Wiktionary
niggard — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tightwad, Scrooge, skinflint; see miser 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I noun A stingy person: miser, Scrooge, skinflint. Informal: penny pincher. Slang: cheapskate, stiff, tightwad. See GIVE. II adjective Ungenerously or… … English dictionary for students
ghen- — ghen English meaning: to crack open, grind, scratch Deutsche Übersetzung: “zernagen, zerreiben, kratzen”, also “Kleines, Bißchen” Material: Only in den extensions ghnēgh : ghnǝgh , ghnǝd(h) , ghnei , ghneu . guttural extension… … Proto-Indo-European etymological dictionary
