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单词 niggardise
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niggardisen.

Forms: see niggard n. and -ise suffix2.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: niggard n., -ise suffix2.
Etymology: < niggard n. + -ise suffix2.
Obsolete.
Niggardliness.Common from the late 16th cent. to the mid 17th cent.
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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).
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