tight-assedadj.
slang.
1. Of a woman: (see quot. 1903).
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society > morality > virtue > purity > chastity > [adjective] > chaste > of women
honesta1400
virtuousa1600
zoned1726
straight1893
tight-assed1903
1903 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang VII. i. 126/1 Tight-arsed, chaste; close-legged.
2. Unwilling to relax or enjoy oneself, full of inhibitions or constraints; occasionally stingy, mean.
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the mind > emotion > absence of emotion > [adjective] > not manifesting emotion
stolidc1600
sodden1601
inexpressive1744
neutral1760
expressionless1831
fishy-eyed1836
undemonstrative1846
contained1882
dead-pan1928
stone-faced1932
tight-assed1961
tight-ass1969
the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective]
gnedec900
gripplea1000
fastOE
narrow-hearteda1200
narrow?c1225
straitc1290
chinchc1300
nithinga1325
scarcec1330
clama1340
hard1340
scantc1366
sparingc1386
niggardc1400
chinchy?1406
retentivea1450
niggardousa1492
niggish1519
unliberal1533
pinching1548
dry1552
nigh1555
niggardly1560
churlish1566
squeamish1566
niggardish1567
niggard-like1567
holding1569
spare1577
handfast1578
envious1580
close-handed1585
hard-handed1587
curmudgeonly1590
parsimonious?1591
costive1594
hidebound1598
penny-pinching1600
penurious1600
strait-handed1600
club-fisted1601
dry-fisted1604
fast-handed1605
fast-fingered1607
close-fisted1608
near1611
scanting1613
carkingc1620
illiberal1623
clutch-fisteda1634
hideboundeda1640
clutch-fista1643
clunch-fisted1644
unbounteous1645
hard-fisted1646
purse-bound1652
close1654
stingy1659
tenacious1676
scanty1692
sneaking1696
gripe-handed1698
narrow-souled1699
niggardling1704
snippy1727
unindulgent1742
shabby1766
neargoinga1774
cheesemongering1781
split-farthing1787
save-all1788
picked1790
iron-fisted1794
unhandsome1800
scaly1803
nearbegoing1805
tight1805
nippit1808
nipcheese1819
cumin-splitting1822
partan-handed1823
scrimping1823
scrumptious1823
scrimpy1825
meanly1827
skinny1833
pinchfisted1837
mean1840
tight-fisted1843
screwy1844
stinty1849
cheeseparing1857
skinflinty1886
mouly1904
mingy1911
cheapskate1912
picey1937
tight-assed1961
chintzy1964
tightwad1976
1961 E. Partridge Dict. Slang (ed. 5) II. 885/2 Tight-arsed, stingy.
1967 J. Orton Diary 28 July in J. Lahr Prick up your Ears (1978) 16 I hate this tight-assed civilization.
1974 D. Sears Lark in Clear Air iv. 50 Rough quarterings of pine that even the tight-assed mill owners considered too lean to..ship to Toronto.
1976 Listener 15 July 54/4 Me and Gambaccini would like tight-assed British radio to relax a bit.
1981 T. Heald Murder at Moose Jaw ix. 112 I'd sooner have an entertaining shit than a tight-arsed saint.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1903