niggard Hear it!

niggard definition

nig·gard (nig′ərd)

noun

a stingy person; miser

Etymology: ME negarde, prob. < Scand, as in ON hnøggr, Norw dial. nøgg, afraid, stingy < IE base *kneu- (var. of *ken-, to scrape) > OE hneaw, sparse, stingy

adjective

stingy; miserly

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.