purse-boundadj.

Brit.

/ˈpəːsbaʊnd/, U.S.

/ˈpərsˌbaʊnd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: purse n., bound adj.²

Etymology: < purse n. + bound adj.²

Now rare.

Of a person: that keeps his or her purse tightly closed; averse to spending money; stingy.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective]

gnedec900

gripplea1000

fastOE

narrow-hearteda1200

narrow?c1225

straitc1290

chinchc1300

nithinga1325

scarcec1330

clama1340

hard1340

scantc1366

sparingc1386

niggardc1400

chinchy?1406

retentivea1450

niggardousa1492

niggish1519

unliberal1533

pinching1548

dry1552

nigh1555

niggardly1560

churlish1566

squeamish1566

niggardish1567

niggard-like1567

holding1569

spare1577

handfast1578

envious1580

close-handed1585

hard-handed1587

curmudgeonly1590

parsimonious?1591

costive1594

hidebound1598

penny-pinching1600

penurious1600

strait-handed1600

club-fisted1601

dry-fisted1604

fast-handed1605

fast-fingered1607

close-fisted1608

near1611

scanting1613

carkingc1620

illiberal1623

clutch-fisteda1634

hideboundeda1640

clutch-fista1643

clunch-fisted1644

unbounteous1645

hard-fisted1646

purse-bound1652

close1654

stingy1659

tenacious1676

scanty1692

sneaking1696

gripe-handed1698

narrow-souled1699

niggardling1704

snippy1727

unindulgent1742

shabby1766

neargoinga1774

cheesemongering1781

split-farthing1787

save-all1788

picked1790

iron-fisted1794

unhandsome1800

scaly1803

nearbegoing1805

tight1805

nippit1808

nipcheese1819

cumin-splitting1822

partan-handed1823

scrimping1823

scrumptious1823

scrimpy1825

meanly1827

skinny1833

pinchfisted1837

mean1840

tight-fisted1843

screwy1844

stinty1849

cheeseparing1857

skinflinty1886

mouly1904

mingy1911

cheapskate1912

picey1937

tight-assed1961

chintzy1964

tightwad1976

1652 J. Shirley Brothers ii. 14 in Six New Playes (1653) I may Tell you, my Father is a little costive, Purse-bound, his pension cannot find me tooth-picks.

1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France Ep. to Rdr. sig. b^v Nor was I purse-bound when I had occasion to see any of those Rarities, Reliques, and matters of more true antiquity.

1830 G. Croly George IV 220 Hear me, purse-bound, lack-brained Leinster! Model of an ancient spinster; Hear me, mountebank O'Neill, Tied to every rabble's tail.

1856 Times 19 Dec. 6/2 The people who stay at home, purse-bound..are rather spiteful on the travelling class.

1922 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 11 Dec. 1/5 ‘Pursebound and profane’, were adjectives applied by Mrs. Anderson to her aged spouse.

1949 F. A. Gutheim Potomac ix. 253 By the late spring of 1785 nearly all had been subscribed—a sufficient measure of the enthusiasm with which the purse-bound and land-poor gentry of the Potomac after the war greeted the project.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	purse-bound
释义	purse-boundadj. Brit. /ˈpəːsbaʊnd/, U.S. /ˈpərsˌbaʊnd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: purse n., bound adj.² Etymology: < purse n. + bound adj.² Now rare. Of a person: that keeps his or her purse tightly closed; averse to spending money; stingy. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] gnedec900 gripplea1000 fastOE narrow-hearteda1200 narrow?c1225 straitc1290 chinchc1300 nithinga1325 scarcec1330 clama1340 hard1340 scantc1366 sparingc1386 niggardc1400 chinchy?1406 retentivea1450 niggardousa1492 niggish1519 unliberal1533 pinching1548 dry1552 nigh1555 niggardly1560 churlish1566 squeamish1566 niggardish1567 niggard-like1567 holding1569 spare1577 handfast1578 envious1580 close-handed1585 hard-handed1587 curmudgeonly1590 parsimonious?1591 costive1594 hidebound1598 penny-pinching1600 penurious1600 strait-handed1600 club-fisted1601 dry-fisted1604 fast-handed1605 fast-fingered1607 close-fisted1608 near1611 scanting1613 carkingc1620 illiberal1623 clutch-fisteda1634 hideboundeda1640 clutch-fista1643 clunch-fisted1644 unbounteous1645 hard-fisted1646 purse-bound1652 close1654 stingy1659 tenacious1676 scanty1692 sneaking1696 gripe-handed1698 narrow-souled1699 niggardling1704 snippy1727 unindulgent1742 shabby1766 neargoinga1774 cheesemongering1781 split-farthing1787 save-all1788 picked1790 iron-fisted1794 unhandsome1800 scaly1803 nearbegoing1805 tight1805 nippit1808 nipcheese1819 cumin-splitting1822 partan-handed1823 scrimping1823 scrumptious1823 scrimpy1825 meanly1827 skinny1833 pinchfisted1837 mean1840 tight-fisted1843 screwy1844 stinty1849 cheeseparing1857 skinflinty1886 mouly1904 mingy1911 cheapskate1912 picey1937 tight-assed1961 chintzy1964 tightwad1976 1652 J. Shirley Brothers ii. 14 in Six New Playes (1653) I may Tell you, my Father is a little costive, Purse-bound, his pension cannot find me tooth-picks. 1656 P. Heylyn Surv. Estate France Ep. to Rdr. sig. b^v Nor was I purse-bound when I had occasion to see any of those Rarities, Reliques, and matters of more true antiquity. 1830 G. Croly George IV 220 Hear me, purse-bound, lack-brained Leinster! Model of an ancient spinster; Hear me, mountebank O'Neill, Tied to every rabble's tail. 1856 Times 19 Dec. 6/2 The people who stay at home, purse-bound..are rather spiteful on the travelling class. 1922 Appleton (Wisconsin) Post-Crescent 11 Dec. 1/5 ‘Pursebound and profane’, were adjectives applied by Mrs. Anderson to her aged spouse. 1949 F. A. Gutheim Potomac ix. 253 By the late spring of 1785 nearly all had been subscribed—a sufficient measure of the enthusiasm with which the purse-bound and land-poor gentry of the Potomac after the war greeted the project. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1652
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