skimpingn.

Etymology: < skimp v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskimping.

The action of the verb.

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

1898 A. Beardsley Let. Jan. (1970) 425 I must try and boil the book down but it's so rich and full of chances that skimping would be a sin.

1977 Hot Car Oct. 125/3 (advt.) No skimping to cut cost.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).

skimpingadj.

Etymology: < skimp adj., skimp v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskimping.

Skimpy; marked by skimpiness.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > skimpy

scrimp1681

skimp1775

skimping1775

scrimpy1829

skimpy1842

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount > scanty or meagre

feeblec1275

straita1300

thinc1374

threadbarec1412

exile?1440

silly?a1500

pilled1526

thinnish1540

carrion-lean1542

carrion1565

exiled?1577

penurious1594

unnourishing1605

starveling1611

meagre1612

short-handed1622

lanka1644

scrimp1681

strigose1708

skimp1775

skimping1775

spare1813

shy1821

scrimping1823

skimpy1842

slim1852

scrappy1985

minnowy1991

1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) III. xcv. 193 Sir, what a skimping waistcoat is here! neither cut, nor turn, nor slope, nor figure.

1803 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress (ed. 2) III. 213 He was downright tired of the Skimping out-of-the-way doings as is here.

1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. vi. 125 A little milliner's girl in a skimping plaid shawl.

1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxii The miserable, scrambling, skimping life we had lately been used to.

Derivatives

ˈskimpingly adv.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adverb] > scantily or meagrely

feeblyc1290

scarcely1340

scantc1440

scantly1509

daintilya1513

barelya1535

thinly1537

leanly1580

meagrelya1586

starvedly1606

exile1654

scantily1774

skimpingly1853

skimpily1859

stintedly1863

barrenly1877

1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iii. xv. 217 The Squire and his son, Frank, were large-hearted generous creatures in the article of apology, as in all things less skimpinkly dealt out.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

单词	skimping
释义	skimpingn. Etymology: < skimp v. + -ing suffix¹.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskimping. The action of the verb. 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 1898 A. Beardsley Let. Jan. (1970) 425 I must try and boil the book down but it's so rich and full of chances that skimping would be a sin. 1977 Hot Car Oct. 125/3 (advt.) No skimping to cut cost. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019). skimpingadj. Etymology: < skimp adj., skimp v.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈskimping. Skimpy; marked by skimpiness. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > skimpy scrimp1681 skimp1775 skimping1775 scrimpy1829 skimpy1842 the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount > scanty or meagre feeblec1275 straita1300 thinc1374 threadbarec1412 exile?1440 silly?a1500 pilled1526 thinnish1540 carrion-lean1542 carrion1565 exiled?1577 penurious1594 unnourishing1605 starveling1611 meagre1612 short-handed1622 lanka1644 scrimp1681 strigose1708 skimp1775 skimping1775 spare1813 shy1821 scrimping1823 skimpy1842 slim1852 scrappy1985 minnowy1991 1775 S. J. Pratt Liberal Opinions (1783) III. xcv. 193 Sir, what a skimping waistcoat is here! neither cut, nor turn, nor slope, nor figure. 1803 M. Charlton Wife & Mistress (ed. 2) III. 213 He was downright tired of the Skimping out-of-the-way doings as is here. 1862 G. A. Sala Seven Sons Mammon I. vi. 125 A little milliner's girl in a skimping plaid shawl. 1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms xxii The miserable, scrambling, skimping life we had lately been used to. Derivatives ˈskimpingly adv. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adverb] > scantily or meagrely feeblyc1290 scarcely1340 scantc1440 scantly1509 daintilya1513 barelya1535 thinly1537 leanly1580 meagrelya1586 starvedly1606 exile1654 scantily1774 skimpingly1853 skimpily1859 stintedly1863 barrenly1877 1853 E. Bulwer-Lytton My Novel I. iii. xv. 217 The Squire and his son, Frank, were large-hearted generous creatures in the article of apology, as in all things less skimpinkly dealt out. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2019). < n.1898adj.1775
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