Niggard NIGGARD, n. [straight, narrow; to haggle, to be sordidly parsimonious; exhibiting analogies similar to those of wretch, wreck and haggle.] A miser; a person meanly close and covetous; a sordid wretch who saves every cent, or spends grudgingly.
Serve him as a grudging master, As a penurious niggard of his wealth.
Be niggards of advice on no pretense.
NIGGARD, a.
1. Miserly; meanly covetous; sordidly parsimonious.
2. Sparing; wary.
Most free of question , but to our demands Niggard in his reply.
NIGGARD, v.t. To stint; to supply sparingly. [Little used.]

niggard n 1: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: niggard, skinflint, scrooge, churl]

niggard grading

niggard 1366, nygard, the suffix suggests Fr. origin (cf. dastard), but the root word is probably related to O.N. hn?¡þggr "stingy," from P.Gmc. *khnauwjaz; related to O.E. hneaw "stingy, niggardly," which did not survive in M.E.

niggard 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 intransitive verb obsolete to act niggardly transitive verb obsolete to treat in a niggardly manner

niggard
n. & adj.
--n. a mean or stingy person.
--adj. archaic = NIGGARDLY.
Etymology: ME, alt. f. earlier (obs.) nigon, prob. of Scand. orig.: cf. NIGGLE

niggard ˈnɪɡəd n. & adj. --n. a mean or stingy person. --adj. archaic = NIGGARDLY. [ME, alt. f. earlier (obs.) nigon, prob. of Scand. orig.: cf. NIGGLE]

Niggard \Nig"gard\, n. [Icel. hn["o]ggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne['a]w.] A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. --Chaucer. A penurious niggard of his wealth. --Milton. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. --Pope.

Niggard \Nig"gard\, a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Niggard \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak.

niggard I. n. Miser, curmudgeon, churl, hunks, lickpenny, skinflint, scrimp, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch. II. a. Parsimonious, miserly, covetous, sparing, stinted, niggardly.

27 Moby Thesaurus words for "niggard": Silas Marner, cheapskate, cheeseparing, churl, close, curmudgeon, grudging, mean, mingy, miser, miserly, muckworm, niggardly, penny pincher, penny-pinching, penurious, pinchfist, pinchgut, pinchpenny, save-all, scrooge, shabby, skinflint, sordid, stiff, tight, tightwad

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