ərd noun
1.
an excessively parsimonious, miserly, or stingy person.
adjective
2.
niggardly; miserly; stingy.
Origin:
1325–75; Middle English nyggard, equivalent to nig niggard (< Scandinavian; compare dialectal Swedish nygg; akin to Old English hnēaw stingy) + -ard
1325–75; Middle English nyggard, equivalent to nig niggard (< Scandinavian; compare dialectal Swedish nygg; akin to Old English hnēaw stingy) + -ard
Related forms
un·nig·gard, adjective
un·nig·gard·ly, adverb
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| —n | |
| 1. | a stingy person |
| —adj | |
| 2. | archaic miserly |
| [C14: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish dialect nygg and Old English hnēaw stingy] | |
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Niggard
is always a great word to know.
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Word Origin & History
niggard
mid-14c., nygart, of uncertain origin. The suffix suggests French origin (cf. -ard), but the root word is probably related to O.N. hnøggr "stingy," from P.Gmc. *khnauwjaz (cf. Swed. njugg "close, careful," Ger. genau "precise, exact"), and to O.E. hneaw "stingy, niggardly,"
which did not survive in M.E.
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