单词 | niggishness |
释义 | † niggishnessn. Obsolete. Niggardliness. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] fastship?c1225 scarcenessa1300 scarcity1340 niggardyc1390 nithingheada1400 scarcehead1420 nigonryc1430 niggardship?a1439 pinching1440 straitheadc1450 straitnessc1460 niggard cheap1463 niggardnessc1487 nigonshipa1500 niggardise1502 niggishness1519 niggardliness1556 parsimony1561 illiberality1581 nearness1584 tenacity1586 Euclionism1599 paring1607 servilitya1610 niggeralitya1612 scanting1625 scant-handednessa1627 closefistedness1631 niggardess1632 close-handedness1646 strait-handedness1649 penury1651 unbountifulness1660 parsimoniousness1671 penuriousness1672 stinginess1682 closeness1712 illiberalness1727 meanness1755 cheeseparing1834 scrimping1835 churlishness1846 screwing1848 skinflintism1853 screwiness1856 flint-paring1860 skinflintiness1861 scrimp1864 flint-skinning1873 penny-pinching1895 skimping1898 tight-fistedness1975 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria xvii. f. 160 I yete rye bredde for no nyggyshenesse: but for a poynte of physycke. 1562 W. Turner Bk. Natures Bathes Eng. Ded., in 2nd Pt. Herball The extreme niggishness and illiberalite of sum that had most. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. x. 78 The memorie of Quirinius was nothing pleasing, by reason..of..miserable niggishnes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1519 |
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