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niggardliness|ˈnɪgədlɪnɪs|
[f. niggardly a. + -ness.]
The state or quality of being niggardly; stinginess; parsimony.
1578in Priv. Prayers (1851) 486 Let thy goodness supply that, which our niggardliness hath plucked away. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. i. ii. iii. viii. (1651) 103 'Tis a sluggish humour..to..refrain from such places..through sloth, niggardliness, fear. 1688S. Penton Guardian's Instruction (1897) 49 Prodigality is a little more catching than Niggardliness with young Gentlemen. 1742Richardson Pamela III. 97 My Charge against you..is that of Niggardliness, and no other. 1802F. Burney Diary 5 May, The niggardliness of my admiration was occasioned by my doubt of her assertions. 1848Mill Pol. Econ. i. xiii. §2 (1876) 118 The niggardliness of nature..is the cause of the penalty attached to over population. 1868Freeman Norm. Conq. (1877) II. vii. 62 Neither this bounty nor this niggardliness was a legal crime. |