niggardy

English

Etymology

niggard +‎ -y

Noun

niggardy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Niggardliness.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Chaucer to this entry?)
    • '1922, John McKenzie, Hindu Ethics: A Historical and Critical Essay, page 24:
      Likewise, greatly making thyself naked, thou fastenest on a person in dreams, O niggard, baffling the plan and design of a man.
      Departure from the niggardy is praised : Thou hast left niggardy, hast found what is pleasant; […]

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