unniggardadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈnɪɡəd/, U.S. /ˌənˈnɪɡərd/ Chiefly poetic. Now rare.
Not niggardly; = unniggardly adj.
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the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective]
custyeOE
room-handeda1200
largea1225
free?c1225
plenteousc1350
bounteousc1374
liberalc1384
free-hearteda1398
ungnedea1400
royalc1405
opena1425
plentifula1475
profuse?a1475
ungrighta1475
lavishc1475
almifluent1477
prodigous1477
frank1484
bountiful1508
largifluent?a1525
munificent1565
magnificent1577
largeous1583
munifical1583
magnifical1586
free-handed1592
frolic1593
open-handed1593
magnific?1594
prodigal1595
goodwillya1598
communicativea1602
real1602
prodig1605
unniggard1605
generous1615
open-hearteda1617
large-handeda1628
unniggardly1628
fluent1633
profusive1638
numerous1655
largifical1656
insordid1660
unsparing1667
dispensive1677
expensive1678
wasteful1701
flush1703
unboundeda1704
genteel1741
munific1745
magnifique1751
ungrudginga1774
unstinting1845
brickish1860
flaithulach1876
princely1889
outgiving1896
sharing1922
two-handed1929
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 127 That sumptuous Canapie The which th' vn-niggard hand [Fr. une dextre peu chiche] of Maiestie Poudred so thicke with shields so shining cleere.
1761 W. Cruden Hymns on Variety of Divine Subj. clxiv. 217 With thy unniggard hand fill up each vacancy I feel.
1859 T. W. J. Connolly Romance of Ranks II. 308 A fat, sturdy, well-educated sergeant..who, through a course of unniggard recklessness, had been lowered from a sphere of high respectability to that of a soldier in the ranks.
1917 V. Sackville-West Poems of West & East in Bookman Dec. 106/2 An oriel window facing south Through which the unniggard sun poured morning beams.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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