a meanly covetous and stingy person : miser niggard adjective Usage of Niggard and Niggardly The words niggard and niggardly are etymologically unrelated to ...

Middle English Dictionary Entry. nigard n. Quotations: Show all Hide all. Entry Info. Forms, nigard n. Also nigarde, niggard(e, nigart, negard(e, nekard & ...

2 meanings: 1. a stingy person 2. archaic miserly.... Click for more definitions.

Niggard definition: an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person ... First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English nyggard, nigard “a stingy ...

If Fortune has a Nigard been to thee, Devote thy self to Thrift, not Luxury. W. Congreve, Eleventh Satire of Juvenal in Works vol. III. 939. Citation ...

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From Middle English nigard, nygard (“miser”), from nig (“niggardly person”), possibly of Scandinavian origin; compare Old Icelandic hnǫggr (“miserly, stingy ... Wiktionary: niggardly · Niggardise · Niggardry · Niggardish

Synonyms for NIGGARD: careful, niggardly, selfish, miserly, parsimonious, greedy, stingy, ungenerous; Antonyms of NIGGARD: generous, liberal, munificent, ...

In the United States, there have been several controversies involving the misunderstanding of the word niggardly, an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly" ... Etymology · David Howard incident · Other complaints

Nigard Surname Meaning ... Historically, surnames evolved as a way to sort people into groups - by occupation, place of origin, clan affiliation, patronage, ...