† niggishnessn.
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
1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xvii. f. 160 I yete rye bredde for no nyggyshenesse: but for a poynte of physycke.
1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. Ded., in 2nd Pt. Herball The extreme niggishness and illiberalite of sum that had most.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. x. 78 The memorie of Quirinius was nothing pleasing, by reason..of..miserable niggishnes.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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