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† ˈniggardise Obs.
Forms: 6 nygardyse; 6 nigardise, 7 -ize, 8 -ice; 6–7 niggardise, -ize, 7 -ice.
[f. niggard n. or a. + -ise2.]
Niggardliness. (Common c 1580–1670.)
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) iv. xxx. II j, For nygardyse, or also for the falsyte & decepcyon of the ware. 1579Fenton Guicciard. (1618) 122 Not content with his niggardize in the expence and prouision of things necessary. 1621Bp. R. Montagu Diatribæ 238 A Patron and propugner of niggardise and wretchednesse in the seruice of God. a1683Oldham Wks. (1686) 95 There where illib'ral Nature's niggardise Has set a Tax on Vice. 1750W. Ellis Mod. Husbandm. VI. i. 28 (E.D.D.), They had a peak against him on account of his nigardice. |