mingiest

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• mingiest — adj. (British) stingy; mean, nasty …   English contemporary dictionary

• mingy — /min jee/, adj., mingier, mingiest. mean and stingy; niggardly. [1885 90; M(EAN2) + (ST)INGY1] * * * …   Universalium

• mingy — [ mɪn(d)ʒi] adjective (mingier, mingiest) informal mean; ungenerous. Derivatives mingily adverb Origin early 20th cent.: perh. a blend of mean2 and stingy …   English new terms dictionary

• mingy — UK [ˈmɪndʒɪ] / US adjective Word forms mingy : adjective mingy comparative mingier superlative mingiest British informal 1) not generous to other people Why don t you give him some of yours, you mingy thing? 2) smaller in size than you expect or… …   English dictionary

• mingy — [min′jē] adj. mingier, mingiest [prob. altered < MANGY, after STINGY1] Informal mean and stingy …   English World dictionary

• mingy — adj. (mingier, mingiest) Brit. colloq. mean, stingy. Derivatives: mingily adv. Etymology: perh. f. MEAN(2) and STINGY …   Useful english dictionary