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niggardy en · NOUN

Etymology

From Middle English nygardie; equivalent to niggard + -y.

Meanings

  1. (obsolete, uncountable) Niggardliness.
    • Likewise, greatly making thyself naked, thou fastenest on a person in dreams, O niggard, baffling the plan and design of a man. Departure from the niggardy is praised : Thou hast left niggardy, hast found what is pleasant; […] 1922, John McKenzie, Hindu Ethics: A Historical and Critical Essay, page 24: