NIGGARD

niggard. Niggard, n. a miser; v. a. to stint, bound confine

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Nig″gard (?), n. [[Icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hneáw.]] A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. Chaucer. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope.