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verb (used without object)
1.
to be frugal; get along on a scanty allowance: Don't stint on the food. They stinted for years in order to save money.
2.
Archaic. to cease action; desist.
verb (used with object)
3.
to limit to a certain amount, number, share, or allowance, often unduly; set limits to; restrict.
4.
Archaic. to bring to an end; check.
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Unstinted
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
noun
5.
a period of time spent doing something: a two-year stint in the army.
6.
an allotted amount or piece of work: to do one's daily stint.
7.
limitation or restriction, especially as to amount: to give without stint.
8.
a limited, prescribed, or expected quantity, share, rate, etc.: to exceed one's stint.
9.
Obsolete. a pause; halt.
Origin:
1150–1200; (v.) Middle English stinten, Old English styntan to make blunt, dull; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; cognate with Old Norse stytta to shorten; compare stunt1
1150–1200; (v.) Middle English stinten, Old English styntan to make blunt, dull; (noun) Middle English, derivative of the v.; cognate with Old Norse stytta to shorten; compare stunt1
Related forms
stint·ed·ly, adverb
stint·ed·ness, noun
stint·er, noun
stint·ing·ly, adverb
stint·less, adjective
EXPANDSynonyms
3. confine, restrain. 7. restraint, constraint. 8. allotment, portion.
3. confine, restrain. 7. restraint, constraint. 8. allotment, portion.
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Word Origin & History
stint
"to limit, restrain, to be sparing or frugal," O.E. styntan "to blunt, make dull," from P.Gmc. *stuntijanan (cf. O.N. stuttr "short, scant," M.H.G. stunz "blunt, short," Ger. stutzen "to cut short, curtail, stop, hesitate"), from PIE base *(s)teu- "to beat, strike, push, thrust" (see
EXPAND steep (adj.)). The noun is attested from c.1300.
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