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Definitions
a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
Word origin
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hnauwjaz, source of Old English hneaw (“stingy”), replaced by Middle English nig.
Used in a sentence
“It was, however, the pleasure of his niggard and unhappy fortune, that in seeking a place proper for his accommodation, he and Dapple tumbled into a deep and very dark pit, among a number of old buildings.”
“Then beautious nigard why dooſt thou abuſe / The bountious largeſſe giuen thee to giue?”
“All his pleasures were social; and while health and fortune smiled upon him, he was no niggard either of his time or talents to those who needed them.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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