Tight-fistedness; stinginess, parsimony. Cf. fast, adj. 6a.
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] (187) fastship?c1225 Tight-fistedness; stinginess, parsimony. Cf. fast, adj. 6a. scarcenessa1300 Niggardliness, stinginess. Of soil: infertility. Obsolete. scarcity1340 Frugality, parsimony; niggardliness, stinginess, meanness. Obsolete. niggardyc1390 Niggardliness. nithingheada1400 Meanness, miserliness. scarcehead1420 Stinginess, niggardliness. nigonryc1430 Avarice; niggardliness. niggardship?a1439 Niggardliness. pinching1440 Parsimony, stinginess; scrimping; the application of economies. straitheadc1450 Closefistedness. straitnessc1460 The quality of being strait, in various senses. Parsimony, stinginess. Obsolete. niggard cheap1463 niggard cheap: close thrift, economy, niggardliness. niggardnessc1487 Niggardliness. nigonshipa1500 = nigonry, n. niggardise1502 Niggardliness. niggishness1519 Niggardliness. niggardliness1556 The state or quality of being niggardly; stinginess, meanness; parsimony. parsimony1561 Excessive unwillingness to part with money or other material resources; stinginess, niggardliness; an instance of this. illiberality1581 The quality of being illiberal (in the various senses of the adjective); meanness; uncharitableness; niggardliness, stinginess. nearness1584 Parsimony, niggardliness; frugality. Obsolete. tenacity1586 Tendency to keep fast hold of money; miserliness, niggardliness, parsimony. Obsolete. Euclionism1599 Stinginess. paring1607 figurative. Parsimonious hoarding; niggardliness. Cf. cheeseparing, n. 2. Obsolete. servilitya1610 Apparently: illiberality, meanness. Obsolete. rare. niggeralitya1612 Niggardliness. scanting1625 scant-handednessa1627 niggardliness. closefistedness1631 niggardess1632 = niggardness, n. close-handedness1646 = closefistedness n. at close-fisted, adj. derivatives. strait-handedness1649 penury1651 Miserliness, parsimoniousness. Obsolete. unbountifulness1660 (un-, prefix1 affix 6.) parsimoniousness1671 The quality or characteristic of being parsimonious. penuriousness1672 Meanness, stinginess. stinginess1682 The quality of being stingy; niggardliness, meanness. closeness1712 Niggardliness, stinginess, parsimony. illiberalness1727 illiberality, illiberal principles. meanness1755 Niggardliness, stinginess; an instance of this. Also figurative. cheeseparing1834 The action of saving money by making numerous small cuts or adjustments; rigorous economizing, esp. of a mean or parsimonious kind. Also: an… scrimping1835 Meanness, stinginess, parsimoniousness. Also: frugality, thrift. churlishness1846 Churlish quality or state; rudeness, roughness, sullenness, harshness, niggardliness. screwing1848 The action or an act of screwing (in various senses of screw, v.). skinflintism1853 avarice, meanness, miserliness. screwiness1856 The state, condition, or quality of being screwy (in various senses); (in later use) esp. craziness, kookiness. flint-paring1860 = flint-skinning n. skinflintiness1861 meanness, miserliness. scrimp1864 Originally Scottish. The action or process of scrimping; shortage, meagre allowance; frugality. flint-skinning1873 the action of ‘skinning a flint’, parsimonious saving. penny-pinching1895 Originally U.S. Niggardly habits or behaviour; parsimoniousness. skimping1898 The action of the verb. tight-fistedness1975 Subcategories:— as supposed characteristic of stepmother (1) — miserliness (13) — niggard or mean person (121) |
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