Scrimpy

adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    scanty; meagre
Adjective
  1. 1
    deficient in amount or quality or extent wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
abstemiousasceticausterecheeseparingchinchychintzy

Etymology

From scrimp + -y.

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