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单词 nabalitic
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nabaliticadj.

Forms: 1600s nabalitick.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: nabal n., -itic suffix; nabalite n., -ic suffix.
Etymology: Either < nabal n. + -itic suffix or < nabalite n. + -ic suffix.
Obsolete. rare.
Miserly, churlish.
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the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] > miserly
gnedy?c1225
miserable1484
misera1500
muckeringa1525
pinchpence1540
snudging1553
pinchpenny1582
miserly1593
mising1595
scraping1597
chuff-penny1603
wretched1652
nabalitic1653
skinflint1737
nippit1808
Scrooge-like1976
1653 J. Gauden Hieraspistes 504 Yea, Ministers still dare to hope, that those in power have not any such Nabalitick and churlish humor, as to feast those that shear, and sometimes slay the sheep.
1653 J. Gauden Case Ministers Maintenance by Tithes 44 Nor will you treat so many learned, grave and holy men, with a Soldierly roughnes, Nabalitick churlishness, and fanatick fury.
1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα iii. xxvi. 353 It is then a sin arguing a Nabalitick and vile heart, to meditate nothing but vile and illiberal things for God.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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