niggardship

English

Etymology

From Middle English nigardshipe, nygartship, negardship, nygardschip, nygardschippe, equivalent to niggard +‎ -ship

Noun

niggardship (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Niggardliness; stinginess.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Sir T. Elyot to this entry?)

References
  • niggardship in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
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