niggardous

English

Etymology

niggard +‎ -ous

Adjective

niggardous (comparative more niggardous, superlative most niggardous)

(obsolete) Niggardly.
- c. 1522, Thomas More, The Four Last Things:
  covetous gathering and niggardous keeping

References

“niggardous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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