A mean or miserly person. In early use also more generally: †an unpleasant or reprehensible person (obsolete).
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| 释义 | the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [noun] > niggard or mean person > miser or hoarder of wealth (48) chinch?a1300 A mean or miserly person. In early use also more generally: †an unpleasant or reprehensible person (obsolete). wretch1303 A niggardly or parsimonious person; a miser. Obsolete. (In later use chiefly Scottish) chincher1333 A mean or miserly person. muckererc1390 A person who hoards wealth, a miser; = mucker, n.1 2. mokerarda1400 A miser. muglard1440 A miser. gatherer?a1513 One who gathers wealth (opposed to ‘spender’ or ‘waster’); a miser. Obsolete. hoarder?a1513 (in modern use) One who hoards or stores up, esp. money. (Also with up.) warner1513 ? A miser. hardhead1519 A miser; a parsimonious person. Obsolete. rare. snudge1545 A miser, a mean avaricious person, a niggard; a sneaking or sponging fellow. Now dialect. cob1548 A wealthy man; a miser. Obsolete. snidge1548 A greedy or miserly person. muckmonger1566 A miser. Cf. muckworm, n. 1a. mucker1567 A person who hoards wealth, a miser; = muckerer, n. Now rare. miser?1577 A person who hoards wealth and lives miserably in order to do so; (in wider use) an avaricious, grasping, or stingy and parsimonious person. scrape-penny1584 money-miser1586 gromwell-gainer1588 a ‘skinflint’, miser. muckscrape1589 A miserly person. muckworm1598 derogatory. A miser, a money-grubber. Obsolete. scrib1600 Perhaps: a miser. muckraker1601 derogatory. A miser. Cf. muckworm, n. 1a. Obsolete. rare. morkin-gnoff1602 a miser. scrape-scall1602 a miser. incubo1607 A covetous man, who broods over or jealously guards his wealth. accumulator1611 A person who accumulates things, esp. wealth or possessions; an acquisitive person. gripe-money1611 a miser, niggard. scrape-good1611 a miser, also adj. miserly. silver-hider1611 a miser. gripe1621 slang. A covetous person, a miser, a usurer. Also Gripes (as quasi-proper name). (? Sometimes with allusion to gripe, n.3) Obsolete. scrapeling1629 A money-grubber, miser. clutch1630 A clutch-fist, a miser. Obsolete. scrape-pelfa1640 volpone1672 A cunning schemer or miser. Also in combinations. spare-penny1707 Combinations with the verbal stem, as spare-good, spare-penny, spare-thrift. save-all1729 A stingy or parsimonious person; a miser. Cf. spend-all, n. English regional in later use. bagger1740 One who encloses in bags; spec. a miser (obsolete). spare-thrift1803 Combinations with the verbal stem, as spare-good, spare-penny, spare-thrift. money-codger1818 a miser. hunger-rot1828 †(a) a disease in cattle resulting from scanty feeding; (b) a miserly wretch (dialect). muckrake1850 figurative. A ready or indiscriminate means for gathering in wealth, information, etc.; a means for exposing scandal or uncovering sordid information. muckthrift1852 A miserly person. Cf. muckworm, n. 1a. gripe-penny1860 = gripe-money n. hugger-mugger1862 One who keeps things hidden or in secret; a hoarder or miser. (Perhaps an error.) Scrooge1940 Used allusively to designate a miserly, tight-fisted person or killjoy. Subcategories:— pockets of (1) — object of value only to (1) |
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