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Meaning of "niggard" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NIGGARD

Perhaps of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish dialect nygg and Old English hnēaw stingy.
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PRONUNCIATION OF NIGGARD

niggard  [ˈnɪɡəd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF NIGGARD

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Niggard can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES NIGGARD MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Controversies about the word "niggardly"

In the United States, there have been several controversies concerning the word "niggardly", an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", because of its phonetic similarity to the racial slur "nigger". Etymologically the two words are unrelated.

Definition of niggard in the English dictionary

The definition of niggard in the dictionary is a stingy person. Other definition of niggard is miserly.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH NIGGARD


ahungered
əˈhʌŋɡəd
Beghard
ˈbɛɡəd
beleaguered
bɪˈliːɡəd
buggered
ˈbʌɡəd
butterfingered
ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəd
disfigured
dɪsˈfɪɡəd
figured
ˈfɪɡəd
fingered
ˈfɪŋɡəd
haggard
ˈhæɡəd
jiggered
ˈdʒɪɡəd
lagered
ˈlɑːɡəd
laggard
ˈlæɡəd
nimble-fingered
ˌnɪmbəlˈfɪŋɡəd
saggard
ˈsæɡəd
sluggard
ˈslʌɡəd
staggard
ˈstæɡəd
staggered
ˈstæɡəd
sugared
ˈʃʊɡəd
triggered
ˈtrɪɡəd
unfigured
ʌnˈfɪɡəd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE NIGGARD

niggardize
niggardliness
niggardly
nigger
nigger brown
nigger in the woodpile
nigger minstrel
niggerdom
niggerhead
niggerish
niggerism
niggerling
niggery
niggle
niggler
niggling
nigglingly
niggly

WORDS THAT END LIKE NIGGARD

Asgard
belgard
disregard
Fugard
in this regard
Midgard
misregard
regard
savegard
self-regard
Utgard

Synonyms and antonyms of niggard in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «NIGGARD»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «niggard» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of niggard

Translation of «niggard» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF NIGGARD

Find out the translation of niggard to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of niggard from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «niggard» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

吝啬
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

niggard
570 millions of speakers

English

niggard
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

कंजूस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

niggard
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

скряга
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

niggard
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ব্যয়কুণ্ঠ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

avare
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Niggard
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Geizhals
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

けちな
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

구두쇠
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Niggard
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vắt ruột
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கருமி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

निगर्गर्ड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eli sıkı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

avaro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niggard
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скнара
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

niggard
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

niggard
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vrek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

niggard
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

niggard
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of niggard

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «NIGGARD»

The term «niggard» is normally little used and occupies the 122.857 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «NIGGARD» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «niggard» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «niggard» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about niggard

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NIGGARD»

Discover the use of niggard in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to niggard and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Marrano Factory: The Portuguese Inquisition and Its New ...
decided that his summary of a summary was a bit gaunt and, to pad it out, appends the following decisive argument (Chapter Five): [Informed of his death sentence in November 1654, the Niggard addressed a letter of farewell to his wife and ...
António José Saraiva, Herman Prins Salomon, Isaac S. D.. Sassoon, 2001
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Hamlet: The New Variorum Edition
Niggard of...of our., .Mat Warh. Jen. fnt] Unapt to...of our...Moft free Q'7$. 14, 15. Did... pastime t] One line, Qq Most free of. ..to our...Ni%gard Han. El. Ff, Rowe+, Jen. Sta. Huds. Heussi. Most free of ...of our.. .Niggard 14. assav] imritt Q'76. 13.
William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, 2000
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A Dictionnary of the English Language
Let some unjust niggard* make weres to spoil thr beauty. Sidney. De not a niggard of your speech. Skakspeare. Serve him as a grudging master. As a penurious mggardof his wealth. Milton. be niggards of advice on no pretence ; For the worst ...
Samuel Johnson, 1834
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ...
Let some unjust niggard* make weres to spoil thy beauty. Sidney. Be not a niggard of your speech. Sbaksp. Serve him as a grudginj master, As a penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. Be niggards of advice oil no pretence ; For the worst  ...
Henry John Todd, Samuel Johnson, 1805
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The New And Complete Dictionary Of The English Language: In ...
Nig, Nigg si. a contraction from niggard) A niggard, a covetous fellow. Nig'ardie (s . obsolete) Niggardliness. Cbaucer. NIGEULA (s. in botany) The fennel flower. Kit' eon (s. an old ivord) An idiot, a fool. Cole. - Ni'geot (s. an old ivord \ An idiot, ...
John Ash, 1775
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Dictionarium Scoto-Celticum: a Dictionary of the Gaelic ...
NIGGARD, s. Spiocair, fear cruaidh, gionach, loman. NIGGARD, adj. Spiocach, gan, gorntach, sanntach, lom, mosach. NIGGARD, v. a. Bi spiocach, dean spiocaireachd i'i. NIGGARDXSH, adj. Leth-char spiocach. NIGGARDLXNESS, s.
‎1828
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A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the ...
A miter; a curmudgeon. Sidney. NIGGARD, a. Sordid ; avaricious ; parcimoni ous. Dryden, Shakejp. To NIGGARD, v. a. [from the noun.] To stint. Shakesp. NIGGAKD1SH a. [from niggar J] Havirg some disposition u> avarice, NI' CGARDLINESS.
Samuel Johnson, 1768
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The London encyclopaedia, or, Universal dictionary of ...
Id. Most free of question, but to our demands Niggard in his reply. Sliakspeare. Hamlet. The deep of night is crept upon our talk, And nature must obey necessity : W hich we will niggard with a little rest. Shakspeare. I have long loved her, ...
Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington), 1839
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The London Encyclopaedia: Or, Universal Dictionary of ...
Id. Most free of question, but to our demands Niggard in his reply. Shakspeure. Hamlet. The deep of night is crept upon our talk, And nature must obey necessity : Which we will niggard with a little rest. Shakspeare. I have long loved her, ...
Thomas Curtis, 1829
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The London encyclopaedia: or Universal dictionary of ...
Id. Most free of question, but to our demands Niggard in his reply. Shakspeare. Hamlet. The deep of night is crept upon our talk, And nature must obey necessity : Which we will niggard with a little rest. Shakspeare. I have long loved her, ...
‎1829

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NIGGARD»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term niggard is used in the context of the following news items.
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The bones of rational actors and the Nash Equilibrium
They see that the Athenian mob lives on the tribunal in niggard and miserable fashion, and they count you for nothing, for not more than the ... «Asia Times, Jul 15»
2
Markets don't like national suicide: Spengler
They see that the Athenian mob lives on the tribunal in niggard and miserable fashion…” Thucydides, the chronicler of the Peloponnesian War, ... «Asia Times, Jun 15»
3
The Thirteen Legendary Treasures of Britain
Korn Bran Galed o'r Gogledd (The Horn of Bran the Niggard from the North). According to Welsh legend, this horn once belonged to Hercules, ... «Ancient Origins, Apr 15»
4
12 Principles That Make a True Muslim
And let not thy hand be chained (like a niggard's) to thy neck nor open it with a complete opening, lest thou become blameworthy and destitute. «Onislam.net, Jan 15»
5
Liberia: West Point Inferno - Eyewitness Accounts of Ebola Isolation …
We saw niggard (Police) with arms. Some of us in this community can get high (smoking weed) and so when they see our eyes red, they say ... «AllAfrica.com, Aug 14»
6
Dee-1 Explains Turning Down Cash Money Records Contract
Don't stop saying the N word until you know the word niggard.. Once you overstand that, you should understand that there could never be ... «HipHopDX, Jul 14»
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Another Suspected Criminal Wears T-Shirt Rich with Foreboding
All day they crouched like owls under the niggard acacia shade and peered out upon that cooking world. Dust-devils stood on the horizon like the smoke of ... «Gawker, May 14»
8
"N*gger in the woodpile": Complaint after B&NES councillor uses …
Then we have in the 'English' dictionary the words'niggardly' and 'niggard' and they mean 'stingy'! Then we have the word that most seem to ... «Bath Chronicle, Feb 14»
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No, 'Niggardly' Isn't the N-Word
No it's not but I believe the nslur comes from niggard. Niggard predates the slur and it's an English word and they were the 1st to use the slur ... «The Root, Feb 14»
10
Yemeni president's forces seize Aden airport, six dead 0:53
Secondly, Australia is, by international standards, something of a niggard when it comes to social welfare spending. According to OECD data, ... «Courier Mail, Jan 14»

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