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† ˈniggardy Obs.
Forms: 4 negardye, nigardye, nygardie, 6 nygardy, nig(g)ardie, Sc. negartie.
[f. niggard n. + -y3.]
Niggardliness.
c1386Chaucer Shipman's T. 172 But yit me greveth most his nigardye. 1390Gower Conf. II. 288 His fortune..Desdeigneth alle coveitise And hateth alle nygardie. c1412Hoccleve De Reg. Princ. 1306 His nygardie [Roxb. nygardrye] Suffrith hys neghtburgh [Roxb. neighbore] by hym sterue and dye. 1517N. Love's Bonavent. Mirr. xxxvi. (W. de W.) K iij b, Thyne owne fals couetyse in excusacion of thy nygardy. 1535Stewart Cron. Scot. I. 392 The Romanis..haittit Cneo for his negartie. 1559J. Aylmer Harborowe P j b, Sparing of your goodes, which is niggardie. |