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(), n.[Icel. hnggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hnew.] A person meanly close 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. Nig"gard a.Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. Nig"gard v. t. & i.To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] Shak. スポンサード リンク
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