niggardish
English
Adjective
niggardish (comparative more niggardish, superlative most niggardish)
- Somewhat niggardly.
- 1635, Armand Jean du Plessis duc de Richelieu, Emblema Animæ:
- There was in former times a certaine rich wretch, who had in his house great fort of wine; but yet was To nigardish and neere, that he sold the best, and kept the worst for his owne use
References
- “niggardish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
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