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 niggard ['nɪgɚd]   添加此单词到默认生词本
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    niggard
    [ noun ]
    a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
    <noun.person>


    Niggard \Nig"gard\ (n[i^]g"g[~e]rd), n. [Icel. hn["o]ggr
    niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne['a]w.]
    A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends
    grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser.
    --Chaucer.

    A penurious niggard of his wealth. --Milton.

    Be niggards of advice on no pretense. --Pope.


    Niggard \Nig"gard\, a.
    Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly;
    miserly; stingy.


    Niggard \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i.
    To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak.

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