niggardy

English

Etymology

From Middle English nygardie; equivalent to niggard +‎ -y.

Noun

niggardy (uncountable)

(obsolete) Niggardliness.
- 1922, John McKenzie, Hindu Ethics: A Historical and Critical Essay, page 24:
  Likewise, greatly making thyself naked, thou fastenest on a person in dreams, O niggard, baffling the plan and design of a man.
  Departure from the niggardy is praised : Thou hast left niggardy, hast found what is pleasant; […]

References

“niggardy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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