- EXCESSIVELY NIGGARDLY
- [A]DEPARCUS (-A -UM)
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EXCESSIVELY NIGGARDLY
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penny pincher — noun someone who is excessively careful with money (who pinches every penny before letting go of it) • Hypernyms: ↑hoarder * * * noun : a niggardly or parsimonious person * * * penny pinching, n., adj. a miserly, niggardly, or stingy person.… … Useful english dictionary
hard — /hahrd/, adj., harder, hardest, adv., harder, hardest, n. adj. 1. not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable. 2. firmly formed; tight: a hard knot. 3. difficult to do or accomplish;… … Universalium
Covetous — Cov et*ous (k?v ?t ?s), a. [OF. coveitos, F. convoiteux. See {Covet}, v. t.] 1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; used in a good sense. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. Shak. [1913 Webster] Covetous death bereaved us all … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Penurious — Pe*nu ri*ous, a. [From {Penury}.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. [1913 Webster] Here creeps along a poor,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Penuriously — Penurious Pe*nu ri*ous, a. [From {Penury}.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. [1913 Webster] Here creeps along a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Penuriousness — Penurious Pe*nu ri*ous, a. [From {Penury}.] 1. Excessively sparing in the use of money; sordid; stingy; miserly. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Not bountiful or liberal; scanty. [1913 Webster] Here creeps along a… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
niggard — /nig euhrd/, n. 1. an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person. adj. 2. niggardly; miserly; stingy. [1325 75; ME nyggard, equiv. to nig niggard ( < Scand; cf. dial. Sw nygg; akin to OE hneaw stingy) + ARD] * * * … Universalium
Washington, George — born Feb. 22, 1732, Westmoreland county, Va. died Dec. 14, 1799, Mount Vernon, Va., U.S. American Revolutionary commander in chief (1775–83) and first president of the U.S. (1789–97). Born into a wealthy family, he was educated privately. In 1752 … Universalium
parsimonious — I adjective acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, close, closefisted, curmudgeonly, economical, excessively frugal, frugal, grasping, grudging, illiberal, mean, mercenary, miserly, niggardly, parcus, penny pinching, penurious, petty, restrictus … Law dictionary
parsimonious — a. Stingy, close, avaricious, niggardly, miserly, mean, penurious, grasping, covetous, close fisted, sordid, very saving, excessively frugal, near, illiberal, hard fisted, sparing … New dictionary of synonyms
sparing — adj Sparing, frugal, thrifty, economical can all mean exercising or manifesting careful and unwasteful use of one s money, goods, and resources. Sparing connotes abstention or restraint {sparing in the expenditure of money} {sparing in giving… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
