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单词 niggardy
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niggardyn.

Forms: see niggard n. and -y suffix3.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: niggard n., -y suffix3.
Etymology: < niggard n. + -y suffix3.
Obsolete.
Niggardliness.
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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
c1390 G. Chaucer Shipman's Tale 1362 Me greueth moost his nygardye [v.rr. nyggardye, nygarde].
a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) v. 4805 (MED) His fortune..Desdeigneth alle coveitise And hateth alle nygardie.
a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 1306 (MED) His nygardie Suffrith hys neghtburgh by hym sterue & dye.
c1475 tr. C. de Pisan Livre du Corps de Policie (Cambr.) (1977) 73 (MED) The prynce ought well to see that the gyfte be suche that he be not blamed in no nigardie nor in no caityfenesse.
?1507 tr. Bonaventura Vita Christi xxxvi. sig. Riijv Thyne owne fals couetyse in excusacion of thy nygardy [c1430 MS nygunrye].
1559 J. Aylmer Harborowe sig. P1v Sparing of your goodes, which is niggardie.
1584 Copie of Let. conc. Erle of Leycester 198 Hated of his own seruantes about him, for his beastlie lyfe, nigardye, and Atheisme.
a1600 ( W. Stewart tr. H. Boece Bk. Cron. Scotl. (1858) I. 392 The Romanis..haittit Cneo for his negartie.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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