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niggard n. 吝啬鬼
a. 吝啬的,小气的 吝啬鬼吝啬的,小气的 niggard n 1: a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [synonym: {niggard}, {skinflint}, {scrooge}, {churl}] Niggard \Nig"gard\ (n[i^]g"g[~e]rd), n. [Icel. hn["o]ggr niggardly, stingy -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne['a]w.] A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] A penurious niggard of his wealth. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Be niggards of advice on no pretense. --Pope. [1913 Webster] Niggard \Nig"gard\, a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. [1913 Webster] Niggard \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak. [1913 Webster] 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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