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What (who) is niggardly$548192$ - definition
INCIDENTS DUE TO SIMILARITIES WITH THE WORD "NIGGER"
Niggard; Nigard; Niggardly; Niggerdly; Niggarly; Niggerly; Wiki Controversies about the word "niggardly"; Controversies concerning the word "niggardly"; Buck Ofama; Controversies about the word "niggardly"; Controversies about the word niggard
![“The Niggardly Nigger”, a [[coon song]] from 1900 using both words.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Niggardly.jpg?width=200 "“The Niggardly Nigger”, a [[coon song]] from 1900 using both words.")
niggard
I. n.
Miser, curmudgeon, churl, hunks, lickpenny, skinflint, scrimp, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch.
II. a.
Parsimonious, miserly, covetous, sparing, stinted, niggardly.
Niggardly
·adv In a niggard manner.
II. Niggardly ·adj Meanly covetous or avarcious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard.
niggardly
¦ adjective ungenerous; mean.
?meagre and given grudgingly.
¦ adverb archaic in a mean or meagre manner.
Derivatives
niggardliness noun
Wikipedia
Controversies about the word niggardly
In the United States, there have been several controversies involving the misunderstanding of the word niggardly, an adjective meaning "stingy" or "miserly", because of its phonetic similarity to nigger, an ethnic slur used against black people. The two words are etymologically unrelated. Niggardly, arising in the Middle Ages, long predates nigger, which arose in the 18th century.
