单词 | niggardise |
释义 | † niggardisen. Obsolete. Niggardliness.Common from the late 16th cent. to the mid 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] fastship?c1225 scarcenessa1300 scarcity1340 niggardyc1390 nithingheada1400 scarcehead1420 nigonryc1430 niggardship?a1439 pinching1440 straitheadc1450 straitnessc1460 niggard cheap1463 niggardnessc1487 nigonshipa1500 niggardise1502 niggishness1519 niggardliness1556 parsimony1561 illiberality1581 nearness1584 tenacity1586 Euclionism1599 paring1607 servilitya1610 niggeralitya1612 scanting1625 scant-handednessa1627 closefistedness1631 niggardess1632 close-handedness1646 strait-handedness1649 penury1651 unbountifulness1660 parsimoniousness1671 penuriousness1672 stinginess1682 closeness1712 illiberalness1727 meanness1755 cheeseparing1834 scrimping1835 churlishness1846 screwing1848 skinflintism1853 screwiness1856 flint-paring1860 skinflintiness1861 scrimp1864 flint-skinning1873 penny-pinching1895 skimping1898 tight-fistedness1975 1502 tr. Ordynarye of Crysten Men (de Worde) iv. xxx. sig. ll.vi v For nygardyse or also for the falsete and decepcyon of the ware. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin iii. 164 Neyther contented with his nigardise in thexpense and prouision of thinges necessary. 1590 T. Lodge Rosalynde: Euphues Golden Legacie f. 9v Hee did not this vpon any malicious intent or niggardize, but..he absented him selfe, as not finding his nature fit for such youthfull companie. 1621 R. Montagu Diatribæ Hist. Tithes 238 A Patron and propugner of niggardise and wretchednesse in the seruice of God. 1654 R. Aylett Five Divine & Moral Meditations i. 419 She is that Virtu, or that golden Mean, 'Twixt Avarice and Prodigality, The constant Moderacion between Base Nigardize, and wasting Luxury. 1680 J. Oldham in Earl of Rochester et al. Poems 116 There where illib'ral Natures nigardice, Has set a Tax on Vice. 1743 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman Oct. v. 28 They had a Peak against him, on Account of his Nigardice. 1885 R. F. Burton tr. Arabian Nights' Entertainm. II. 11 Show me niggard who by niggardise e'er rose to high degree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1502 |
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