Niggardness

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Niggardliness. uncountable

    "And the niggardness of Nature makes the misery of man."

  2. 2
    extreme stinginess wordnet

Synonyms

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closenessmeannessmeannessminginessniggardlinessparsimoniousness

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"And the niggardness of Nature makes the misery of man."

Etymology

From niggard + -ness.

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