Penuriousness

In Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the character Ebenezer Scrooge is renowned for his penuriousness.

Covetouſneſs is the root of penuriouſneſs and baſeneſs, it hinders hoſpitality;

Giving that up, she took a broom and a duster and went upstairs to housemaid Mrs Dibble's bedroom, with her head tied up in a coloured scarf. It was a dusty, snuffy job, for penuriousness in Mrs Dibble refused to throw anything away, including dirt, and if anything fell on the floor it remained there.