niggardliness
niggardliness noun: the state of being niggardly; parsimony.
Noun
niggardliness (usually uncountable, plural niggardlinesses)
- The state of being niggardly; parsimony.
- Whatever obscurity or incongruity attaches to the statements I have quoted, those who made them are manifestly at one as to the two cardinal facts, that Cavendish was, for the first forty years of his life, a poor man, and for the last thirty-nine an unusually wealthy one. No one seems able to...1851, George Wilson, The Life of the Hon. Henry Cavendish, page 161
- Synonyms:
- niggardness, niggardship, niggardy, niggardry, niggardise
niggardliness meaning in Tamil and Urdu
niggardliness in Tamil
- கடிச்சை, சுருக்கு, இடுக்கு, இறுக்கம், கிருபணத்துவம், உலுத்தத்தனம்
niggardliness in Urdu
- بخل, کنجوس پن, کنجوسی
Synonyms of niggardliness
Forms of niggardliness
| plural | niggardlinesses |
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Origin of niggardliness
From niggardly + -ness.
Questions about niggardliness
- What does niggardliness mean?
- Niggardliness means the state of being niggardly; parsimony.
- What is niggardliness in Tamil?
- Niggardliness in Tamil is கடிச்சை, சுருக்கு, இடுக்கு. See Niggardliness meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is niggardliness?
- Niggardliness is a noun.
- What is the plural of niggardliness?
- The plural of niggardliness is niggardlinesses.
Words near niggardliness in the dictionary
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