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Etymology edit

From Middle English nygardie; equivalent to niggard +‎ -y.

Noun edit

niggardy (uncountable)

  1. (obsolete) Niggardliness.
    • 1922, John McKenzie, Hindu Ethics: A Historical and Critical Essay, page 24:
      Likewise, greatly making thyself naked, thou fastenest on a person in dreams, O niggard, baffling the plan and design of a man.
      Departure from the niggardy is praised : Thou hast left niggardy, hast found what is pleasant; []

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