Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Niggardliness; parsimony.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Niggardliness.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
niggardliness
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Examples
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Largesse never let her when fain she comes, * Nor niggardise kept her from turning away! '
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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Show my niggard who by niggardise e’er rose to high degree,
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Show my niggard who by niggardise e'er rose to high degree, * Or the generous gifts generally hath slain. '"
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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