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niggardry

niggardry noun: niggardliness.

Noun

niggardry (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Niggardliness.
    • At least it was from no niggardry that the door was made thus low, as might be seen by the fair and manifold carving of knots and dragons that was wrought above the lintel of the door for some three foot's space.1888, William Morris, A tale of the house of the Wolfings
    • Such a doctrine would be orthodox and proper to the great creative ages: which we might hurry back, indeed, by a return to generous conceptions, casting off the niggardry of current theories.1915, The Theosophical Path: Illustrated Monthly, volume 8, page 166

Origin of niggardry

From niggard + -ry.

Questions about niggardry

What does niggardry mean?
Niggardry means niggardliness.
What part of speech is niggardry?
Niggardry is a noun.

Words near niggardry in the dictionary

  1. niggardliness
  2. niggardlinesses
  3. niggardly
  4. niggardness
  5. niggardous
  6. niggardry
  7. niggards
  8. niggardship
  9. niggardy
  10. niggas
  11. niggatown

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