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Definition of Niggardness
1. Noun. Extreme stinginess.
Exact synonyms: Closeness, Meanness, Minginess, Niggardliness, Parsimoniousness, Parsimony, Tightfistedness, Tightness
Generic synonyms: Stinginess
Specialized synonyms: Littleness, Pettiness, Smallness, Miserliness
Derivative terms: Close, Mean, Mean, Mingy, Niggardly, Parsimonious, Parsimonious, Tightfisted, Tight
Generic synonyms: Stinginess
Specialized synonyms: Littleness, Pettiness, Smallness, Miserliness
Derivative terms: Close, Mean, Mean, Mingy, Niggardly, Parsimonious, Parsimonious, Tightfisted, Tight
Definition of Niggardness
1. n. Niggardliness.
Definition of Niggardness
1. Noun. niggardliness ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Niggardness
Literary usage of Niggardness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1873)
"... a new year's gift, s 51 Plaide, a plaid. s 3 niggardness, parsimony, t 7
Plaies, s. pi. plays, ..."
2. A History of the Inquisition of Spain by Henry Charles Lea (1906)
"... it would afford substantial relief to the treasury, he might be forgiven the
niggardness that had resisted the appeals of the sovereign. ..."
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