niggardNIGGARD, n. [straight, narrow; to haggle, to be sordidly parsimonious; exhibiting analogies similar to those of wretch, wreck and haggle.] A miser; a person meanly close and covetous; a sordid wretch who saves every cent, or spends grudgingly. NIGGARD, a. NIGGARD, v.t. To stint; to supply sparingly. [Little used.] |