niggardliness

A word meaning petty or small......and was discovered by a Mr. Pinson

C-dav leaves niggardliness tips when he retreats to the North Myrtle Beach Friendlies which consisist's of pennies, lint, and old movie stubs.

by random September 27, 2004

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an extremely random word that was in our vocab book that looks like something that it's not

lance stands in niggardliness

by drew s September 26, 2004

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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

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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 03, 2007

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