Niggardliness

Stingy, miserly, cheap, penny pincher, petty . This word appears unrelated to a slang term for people of African descent (nigger from the Latin -> niger -> black ) and probably comes from the Norse-> nigla -> consistently petty

Our house guest accused me of niggardliness when I got him a Busch instead of Heineken.
My niggardly grandfather only ever gave a quarter on my birthday, sans card !
Someone prone to niggardliness might count the pickles on their cheeseburger.

by Guru Gdub YAH ! June 14, 2015

niggardly

An from old Norse "hnøgger", which means "miserly", "stingy". Despite its similarity to the offensive term "nigger", the two words are not related in any way. Stop jumping to conclusions and open the dictionary.

English buff- "Boy that gentleman at the picnic sure was niggardly."

Ignoramus- "You said "picnic" and "niggerly"! Racist!"

English Buff- "*Sigh*! "Picnic" is from a French word that refers to what we'd call a pot luck, and "niggardly" is from an old Norse word that means "stingy". They have nothing to do with race!"

Ignoramus- "Racist!"

English Buff- "*Sigh*..."

by Lorelili October 3, 2007

Niggardly

Not racist at all.
It means cheap or reluctaant to give.

Tom is a niggardly person;he gave me a toothbrush on my birthday.

by Joquandra March 3, 2011

niggardly

the true definition: to be cheap

You're so niggardly when it comes to buying expensive art.

by Chandlers' friend Lexy January 28, 2005

Niggardly

Niggardly is an adjective to describe a person who wont lend you a dime, even if you need it to live. Miserly.

Wow, my niggardly best friend wouldn't give me $350 even though he has thousands, and no bills.

by coreytheguy May 14, 2011

niggardly

Word that will get you beat up, even though there's no racial meaning.

I told a stingy and miserly African-American co-worker who refuses to donate to charity that he shouldn't be so niggardly and then he beat me up because he was too ignorant to know the meaning of the word.

by Orange County California February 1, 2015

Niggardly

Another way of saying "Stingy"

Ughhh Tom still hasn't paid me! he's so Niggardly!

by MasterOfTheDumpyFart December 11, 2020