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NIGGARD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does niggard mean?
• NIGGARD (noun)
The noun NIGGARD has 1 sense:
1. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Familiarity information: NIGGARD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
churl; niggard; scrooge; skinflint
Hypernyms ("niggard" is a kind of...):
hoarder (a person who accumulates things and hides them away for future use)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "niggard"):
pinchgut (a niggardly person who starves himself (and others))
Derivation:
niggardly (petty or reluctant in giving or spending)
Context examples
"Little niggard!" said he, "refusing me a pecuniary request! Give me five pounds, Jane."
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
He deals with no niggard hand.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
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