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  • 1 avārus

        avārus adj. with comp. and sup.    [1 AV-], eagerly desirous, grasping: mare, H.: venter, ravenous, H.: laudis, H.: pecuniae, Ta.: avarae Spes, too ambitious, H.: praeter laudem nullius, eager only for glory, H.: Agricola, zealous, V.—Avaricious, covetous, penurious: meretrix, T.: homo minime: quantum discordet parcus avaro, H.: in rapacitate avidior?: homo avarissime: litus, V.: Troia, O.— As subst, a miser, covetous men: Semper avarus eget, H.
    * * *
    I
    avara -um, avarior -or -us, avarissimus -a -um ADJ
    avaricious, greedy; stingy, miserly, mean; covetous, hungry for
    II
    miser; stingy/mean/greedy person

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  • 2 āridus

        āridus adj. with sup.    [3 AR-], dry, arid, parched: materies, Cs.: folia: tellus leonum nutrix, H.: nubila, rainless, V. — As subst n., a dry place, dry land: naves in aridum subducere, Cs.: (arbores) humi arido gignuntur, S. — Of feeling, making dry, burning: sitis, O.: febris, V. — Of sound: fragor, a dry, crackling noise, V.— Withered, shrivelled: crura, O.: nates, H. — Meagre, scanty, poor: victus: vita. — Fig., of style, dry, jejune, poor, unadorned: genus sermonis: libri aridissimi, Ta.—Of a man, dry, stingy: pater, T.
    * * *
    arida -um, aridior -or -us, aridissimus -a -um ADJ
    dry, arid, parched; water/rain-less; used dry, dried; thirsty; poor; shriveled

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  • 3 malīgnus

        malīgnus adj.    [malus+GEN-], ill-disposed, wicked, malicious, spiteful, envious, malignant, malign: volgus, H.: numina, unkind, Iu.: hoc maligno dente carpunt: leges, O.: oculi, V.— Stingy, niggardly: caupones, H.: Maligna facta ilico est, i. e. reserved, T.: fama, slanderous, O.: colles, barren, V.: aditus, narrow, V.: lux, scanty, V.
    * * *
    maligna, malignum ADJ
    spiteful; niggardly; narrow

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  • 4 parcus

        parcus adj. with comp. and sup.    [SPAR-], sparing, frugal, thrifty, economical, niggardly, stingy, penurious, parsimonious: colonus parcissimus: parcumque genus patiensque laborum, O.: cui deus obtulit Parcā quod satis est manu, H.: veteris non parcus aceti, H.: donandi, H.: dies, i. e. of poverty, Pr.— Sparing, chary, moderate: in largiendā civitate: Deorum cultor, H.: verba, moderate, O.— Spare, scanty, little, small, slight: parco sale contingere, V.: merito parcior ira meo, O.
    * * *
    parca, parcum ADJ
    sparing, frugal; scanty, slight

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  • 5 restrictus

        restrictus adj. with comp.    [P. of restringo], bound fast, close, niggardly, stingy: eosdem restrictos fuisse: ad largiendum ex alieno restrictior.
    * * *
    restricta -um, restrictior -or -us, restrictissimus -a -um ADJ
    tight; short; niggardly; severe (Collins)

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  • 6 tenāx

        tenāx ācis, adj. with comp. and (late) sup.    [2 TA-], holding fast, griping, tenacious: forceps, V.: dente tenaci Ancora fundabat navīs, V.: lappa, O.— Holding fast, griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious: pater: genus Quaesiti tenax, O. —Of things, holding fast, clinging: in tenaci gramine, i. e. matted, H.: cerae, sticky, V.: passu stare tenaci, O.: pondere tenacior (navis), L.: luctandum est cum tenacissimo sabulo, Cu.—Fig., holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious: fides, O.: propositi, H.: iustitiae, Iu.: ficti pravique (Fama), V.— Stubborn, obstinate: equus contra sua vincla tenax, O.: equum tenacem, non parentem, etc., L.: Caesaris ira, O.
    * * *
    tenacis (gen.), tenacior -or -us, tenacissimus -a -um ADJ
    holding fast, clinging; tenacious; retentive; close-fisted/tight/niggardly; restrainging; (fetters/embrace); steadfast, persistent; obstinate, stubborn

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  • 7 deparcus

    deparca, deparcum ADJ
    miserly, thoroughly mean/stingy; niggardly, excesively sparing (L+S)

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  • 8 tenax

    grasping, stingy, cligning, frugal, obstinate.

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  • 9 cavilla

    căvilla, ae, f. dim. [perh. for calvilla, from calvor; but cf. Sanscr. kava, stingy], a jeering, raillery, scoffing (ante- and postclass., and very rare): aufer cavillam: non ego nunc nugas ago, * Plaut. Aul. 4, 4, 11; Mart. Cap. 4, § 423.—Access. form căvil-lum, i, n., App. M. 1, p. 105; Aur. Vict. Epit. 9; cf. Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.

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  • 10 immunificus

    immūnĭfĭcus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [in-munificus], not liberal, stingy:

    civis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 69.

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  • 11 inmunificus

    immūnĭfĭcus ( inm-), a, um, adj. [in-munificus], not liberal, stingy:

    civis,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 69.

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  • 12 malignitas

    mălignĭtas, ātis, f. [malignus].
    I.
    ill-will, spite, malice, envy, malignity (not in Cic. or Cæs.).— Lit.:

    malignitati falsa species libertatis inest,

    Tac. H. 1, 1:

    malignitas multo veneno tincta,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 18, 2:

    interpretantium,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 7, 6:

    humana,

    Tac. Or. 18:

    malignitas et livor,

    id. Agr. 41.—In plur.: malignitatum vulnera, Prud. steph. 2, 259.—
    II.
    Stinginess, niggardliness, meanness [v. malignus, II.]:

    ita malignitate oneravit omnes mortales mihi,

    Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 4; Liv. 10, 46, 15; 34, 34, 8; 39, 9, 6.—Hence,
    III.
    Transf., stingy or niggardly act:

    malignitatis auctores quaerendo,

    Liv. 5, 22, 1:

    accensaque ea cupiditas est malignitate patrum,

    id. 2, 42, 1.—
    B.
    Barrenness, unfruitfulness; of the vine, Col. 3, 10, 18.

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  • 13 malignus

    mălignus, a, um, adj. [for maligenus, malus, and gen-, root of gigno; cf. the opp. benignus], of an evil nature or disposition, ill-disposed, wicked, mischievous, malicious, spiteful, envious, malignant, malign ( poet. and post-Aug.; syn.: invidus, malevolus, parcus).
    I.
    In gen.:

    maligni caupones,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 4:

    magnaque numinibus vota exaudita malignis,

    unkind, Juv. 10, 111.—

    Of inanim. and abstr. things: malignissima capita,

    Sen. Vit. Beat. 18:

    litus,

    Luc. 8, 565:

    portus,

    id. 5, 651:

    leges,

    Ov. M. 10, 329:

    votum,

    Cat. 67, 5:

    verba,

    Manil. 4, 573:

    mente malignā,

    Cat. 68, 37:

    studia,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 1, 101:

    vulgus,

    Hor. C. 2, 16, 40:

    oculi,

    Verg. A. 5, 654.—
    II.
    In partic.
    A.
    Stingy, niggardly:

    malignus, largus,

    Plaut. Bacch. 3, 2, 17.—Of favors, Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 84: vagae ne parce malignus arenae ossibus particulam dare, Hor. C. 1, 28, 23.— Trop.:

    fama,

    Ov. H. 16, 143:

    in laudandis dictionibus,

    Quint. 2, 2, 6.—
    B.
    Transf.
    1.
    Barren, unfruitful:

    terra malignior ceteris,

    Plin. Ep. 2, 17, 15:

    colles,

    Verg. G. 2, 179.—
    2.
    Scanty, insufficient, dim, petty, small, narrow:

    ostium,

    too narrow, Sen. Q. N. 3, 27:

    aditus,

    Verg. A. 11, 525:

    ignis,

    Mart. 10, 96, 7:

    lux,

    Verg. A. 6, 270:

    conspecta est parva maligna Unda procul venā,

    Luc. 9, 500:

    munus,

    Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 167.—Hence, adv.: mălignē.
    1.
    In gen., ill-naturedly, spitefully, enviously, malignantly (not in Cic. or Cæs.):

    maledice ac maligne loqui,

    Liv. 45, 39.— Comp.:

    malignius habitum esse sermonem,

    Curt. 8, 1, 8.—
    2.
    In partic.
    a.
    Stingily, grudgingly:

    ager maligne plebi divisus,

    Liv. 8, 12:

    famem exstinguere,

    sparingly, Sen. Ep. 18, 9: non mihi fuit tam maligne, ut, etc., it has not gone so poorly with me that, etc., Cat. 10, 18:

    dispensare,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 16, 7:

    laudare,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 209.— Comp.:

    dicis, malignius tecum egisse naturam,

    Sen. Ep. 44, 1.—
    b.
    Little, scantily:

    terra eorum, quae seruntur, maligne admodum patiens,

    a very little, Mel. 2, 2:

    apertus,

    Sen. Ben. 6, 34, 3:

    virens,

    Plin. 34, 11, 26, § 112.

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  • 14 restringo

    rēstringo, inxi, ictum, 3, v. a.
    I.
    To draw back tightly; to bind back, bind fast, tighten, etc. (in the verb. finit. not anteAug., but in the P. a. class.; syn. religo).
    A.
    Lit.:

    laevam,

    Quint. 11, 3, 131:

    restrictis ad terga manibus,

    Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 93:

    manus,

    Petr. 73, 4:

    lacertos,

    Hor. C. 3, 5, 35; cf.:

    restringitur vinculis,

    Tac. A. 14, 64; and:

    si manus manicis restringantur,

    App. Flor. 17, p. 357, 29; cf.

    also: Prometheus quondam silici restrictus membra catenā,

    Cat. 64, 297:

    vinclo fasciae in modum laquei restricto,

    Tac. A. 15, 57.—
    B.
    Trop., to restrain, confine, restrict, check, etc. (syn. retineo):

    homines ad custodiam pecuniae,

    Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 9:

    liberalitatem,

    Sen. Ben. 1, 4:

    sumptus candidatorum ambitūs lege,

    Plin. Ep. 6, 19, 4:

    delicias frugalitate,

    id. ib. 5, 19 fin.:

    animum maestitiā,

    Tac. A. 16, 16:

    morsus phalangiorum,

    Plin. 24, 16, 97, § 154 (Jahn, restinguit):

    praecipitationem nimbi,

    App. Mund. p. 61, 21.—
    II.
    To draw back, unfasten, unclose, open (rare):

    dentes restringere,

    to show the teeth, Plaut. Capt. 3, 1, 26.—

    Of dogs: rabie restrictā minari,

    Lucr. 5, 1065:

    restrictis forte si labellis riseris, App. poët. Mag. p. 277: restrictis labris,

    Quint. Decl. 12, 27. — Hence, rēstrictus, a, um, P. a. (acc. to I.), bound fast, bound up, tight, close.
    A.
    Lit.:

    togis neque restrictis neque fusis,

    Suet. Aug. 73:

    alvus,

    i. e. costive, Ser. Samm. 28, 519.— Comp.. restrictiores digiti (pedum), i. e. shorter, Suet. Dom. 18.—
    B.
    Trop.
    1.
    Close, niggardly, stingy (cf.:

    parcus, tenax): in aliquo esse restrictus,

    Cic. Off. 2, 18, 62; id. Att. 10, 11, 2; id. Planc. 22, 54.— Comp., Cic. Fam. 3, 8, 8.—
    2.
    Moderate, modest:

    an restrictius arbitraris per orbem terrarum legendum dare memoriam suam, quam, etc.,

    Plin. Ep. 9, 19, 6.—
    3.
    Strict, stern, rigorous, severe, stringent:

    summum imperium non restrictum nec perseverum volunt,

    Tac. A. 15, 48.— Comp.:

    judicatio,

    App. Flor. p. 364, 39.— Sup.: restrictissimis regulis, Cod. 1, 17 (2), 10.— Adv.: rēstrictē.
    a.
    Closely, sparingly:

    facere (with parce),

    Cic. Fin. 2, 13, 42:

    vivere,

    Nazar. Pan. Constant. 15. — Comp.:

    restrictius uti rebus praetereuntibus,

    Aug. Doctr. Chr. 3, 12.— Sup.:

    restrictissime facere (opp. plenissime),

    Plin. Ep. 5, 8, 13.—
    b.
    Strictly, exactly, precisely:

    cetera non tam restricte praefinio,

    Cic. Leg. 2, 18, 45:

    restricte tenent illud nomen (sapientium),

    id. Rep. 3, 4, 7:

    observare, ne plus reddat quam acceperit,

    id. Lael. 16, 58. — Sup. of the adj. prob. not found.

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  • 15 tenaces

    tĕnax, ācis, adj. [id.], holding fast, griping, tenacious.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    prensatque tenaci forcipe ferrum,

    Verg. A. 12, 404; 8, 453; cf.:

    dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

    id. ib. 6, 3:

    vinclum,

    id. G. 4, 412; Ov. M. 11, 252:

    complexus,

    id. ib. 4, 377:

    lappa,

    id. P. 2, 1, 14:

    hedera arborem implicat,

    Cat. 61, 34:

    loca limosa tenacia gravi caeno,

    Tac. A. 1, 63:

    amplexus,

    App. M. 9, p. 219, 17:

    maltha, quae est res omnium tenacissima,

    Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 181.— With gen.:

    herba asperitate etiam vestium tenaci,

    Plin. 27, 5, 15, § 32. — Comp.:

    cutis tenacior capilli,

    Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.—
    b.
    Subst.: tĕnāces, ĭum, m., things that hold fast. i. e. bands, stalks, or pedicles of fruit, etc., Pall. Febr. 18, 1; 25, 9; id. Mart. 10, 4 and 9; id. Sept. 17.—
    B.
    In partic., holding fast to wealth, power, etc., griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious (class.;

    syn. parcus): filius familias patre parco ac tenaci,

    Cic. Cael. 15, 36: He. Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39:

    parcus, truculentus, tenax,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

    eosdem restrictos et tenaces fuisse,

    Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

    non tenax in largitate,

    Spart. Car. 5.—With gen.:

    genus Quaesiti tenax,

    Ov. M. 7, 657.— Comp.:

    milites tenaciores eorum (armorum) in proelio,

    Suet. Caes. 67.—
    C.
    Transf., of things, that holds or sticks fast: jacere in tenaci gramine, that clings together, i. e. matted, Hor. Epod. 2, 24.— Sup.:

    glaebis tenacissimum solum,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

    cerae,

    sticky, viscid, Verg. G. 4, 161:

    turpe referre pedem nec passu stare tenaci,

    Ov. P. 2, 6, 21.— Comp.:

    pondere tenacior navis,

    Liv. 28, 30, 11:

    panicula glutino tenacior,

    Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose); usually joined with gen.:

    memoria tenacissima,

    Quint. 1, 1, 19:

    naturā tenacissimi sumus eorum, quae rudibus annis percepimus,

    id. 1, 1, 5:

    pertinacem ultra modum esse tenacem propositi,

    id. 11, 1, 90; so,

    propositi,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 1; Ov. M. 10, 405:

    tenacem esse sui juris debet,

    Col. 1, 7, 2:

    disciplinae tenacissimus,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

    justitiae,

    Juv. 8, 25:

    ficti pravique (Fama),

    Verg. A. 4, 188:

    veri,

    Pers. 5, 48:

    amicitiarum,

    Vell. 2, 29, 3:

    exempli sui,

    id. 2, 84, 3 Ruhnk.:

    animi,

    Manil. 4, 165:

    longa tenaxque fides,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 14.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, stubborn, obstinate:

    equus contra sua vincla tenax,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13; so,

    equus,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13;

    and in a lusus verbb.: si esses equos, esses indomabilis... nimis tenax es,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 13:

    cum video, quam sint mea fata tenacia, frangor,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 63:

    ira Caesaris,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 28:

    morbi,

    Suet. Claud. 2.— Adv.: tĕnācĭter, closely, firmly, strongly, tightly, tenaciously.
    a.
    Lit.:

    pressisse tenaciter ungues,

    Ov. H. 9, 21:

    vincire,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.— Comp.:

    apprehendere,

    Val. Max. 7, 5, 2; Macr. S. 7, 3:

    habitare,

    Aug. Ep. 6.—
    b.
    Trop., persistently, firmly:

    urgere,

    Ov. H. 3, 43.— Comp., Sol. 52, § 44; Amm. 25, 4, 4.— Sup., App. M. 5, p. 167, 22.

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  • 16 tenax

    tĕnax, ācis, adj. [id.], holding fast, griping, tenacious.
    I.
    Lit.
    A.
    In gen. (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    prensatque tenaci forcipe ferrum,

    Verg. A. 12, 404; 8, 453; cf.:

    dente tenaci Ancora fundabat naves,

    id. ib. 6, 3:

    vinclum,

    id. G. 4, 412; Ov. M. 11, 252:

    complexus,

    id. ib. 4, 377:

    lappa,

    id. P. 2, 1, 14:

    hedera arborem implicat,

    Cat. 61, 34:

    loca limosa tenacia gravi caeno,

    Tac. A. 1, 63:

    amplexus,

    App. M. 9, p. 219, 17:

    maltha, quae est res omnium tenacissima,

    Plin. 36, 24, 58, § 181.— With gen.:

    herba asperitate etiam vestium tenaci,

    Plin. 27, 5, 15, § 32. — Comp.:

    cutis tenacior capilli,

    Plin. 22, 22, 39, § 82.—
    b.
    Subst.: tĕnāces, ĭum, m., things that hold fast. i. e. bands, stalks, or pedicles of fruit, etc., Pall. Febr. 18, 1; 25, 9; id. Mart. 10, 4 and 9; id. Sept. 17.—
    B.
    In partic., holding fast to wealth, power, etc., griping, sparing, niggardly, stingy, tenacious (class.;

    syn. parcus): filius familias patre parco ac tenaci,

    Cic. Cael. 15, 36: He. Tenaxne pater ejus est? Phi. Immo edepol pertinax, Plaut. Capt. 2, 2, 39:

    parcus, truculentus, tenax,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 4, 12:

    eosdem restrictos et tenaces fuisse,

    Cic. Planc. 22, 54:

    non tenax in largitate,

    Spart. Car. 5.—With gen.:

    genus Quaesiti tenax,

    Ov. M. 7, 657.— Comp.:

    milites tenaciores eorum (armorum) in proelio,

    Suet. Caes. 67.—
    C.
    Transf., of things, that holds or sticks fast: jacere in tenaci gramine, that clings together, i. e. matted, Hor. Epod. 2, 24.— Sup.:

    glaebis tenacissimum solum,

    Plin. Ep. 5, 6, 10:

    cerae,

    sticky, viscid, Verg. G. 4, 161:

    turpe referre pedem nec passu stare tenaci,

    Ov. P. 2, 6, 21.— Comp.:

    pondere tenacior navis,

    Liv. 28, 30, 11:

    panicula glutino tenacior,

    Plin. 16, 36, 64, § 158.—
    II.
    Trop.
    A.
    Holding fast, retentive, firm, steadfast, persistent, tenacious (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose); usually joined with gen.:

    memoria tenacissima,

    Quint. 1, 1, 19:

    naturā tenacissimi sumus eorum, quae rudibus annis percepimus,

    id. 1, 1, 5:

    pertinacem ultra modum esse tenacem propositi,

    id. 11, 1, 90; so,

    propositi,

    Hor. C. 3, 3, 1; Ov. M. 10, 405:

    tenacem esse sui juris debet,

    Col. 1, 7, 2:

    disciplinae tenacissimus,

    Plin. Ep. 10, 85 (17):

    justitiae,

    Juv. 8, 25:

    ficti pravique (Fama),

    Verg. A. 4, 188:

    veri,

    Pers. 5, 48:

    amicitiarum,

    Vell. 2, 29, 3:

    exempli sui,

    id. 2, 84, 3 Ruhnk.:

    animi,

    Manil. 4, 165:

    longa tenaxque fides,

    Ov. Am. 2, 6, 14.—
    B.
    In a bad sense, stubborn, obstinate:

    equus contra sua vincla tenax,

    Ov. Am. 3, 4, 13; so,

    equus,

    Liv. 39, 25, 13;

    and in a lusus verbb.: si esses equos, esses indomabilis... nimis tenax es,

    Plaut. Cas. 4, 3, 13:

    cum video, quam sint mea fata tenacia, frangor,

    Ov. P. 1, 2, 63:

    ira Caesaris,

    id. ib. 1, 9, 28:

    morbi,

    Suet. Claud. 2.— Adv.: tĕnācĭter, closely, firmly, strongly, tightly, tenaciously.
    a.
    Lit.:

    pressisse tenaciter ungues,

    Ov. H. 9, 21:

    vincire,

    Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 6.— Comp.:

    apprehendere,

    Val. Max. 7, 5, 2; Macr. S. 7, 3:

    habitare,

    Aug. Ep. 6.—
    b.
    Trop., persistently, firmly:

    urgere,

    Ov. H. 3, 43.— Comp., Sol. 52, § 44; Amm. 25, 4, 4.— Sup., App. M. 5, p. 167, 22.

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  • 17 triparcus

    trĭ-parcus, a, um, adj. [ter], very sparing, stingy, niggardly:

    homines,

    Plaut. Pers. 2, 3, 14.

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  • Stingy — Sting y, a. Stinging; able to sting. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stingy — may refer to one of the following:*A miser *The name of a fictional puppet character on LazyTown …   Wikipedia

  • stingy — index illiberal, nonsubstantial (not sufficient), parsimonious, penurious, provident (frugal) Burton s Legal Thesaurus …   Law dictionary

  • stingy — [adj] penny pinching, averse to spending money acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, chintzy*, churlish, close, close fisted, costive, covetous, curmudgeonly, economical, extortionate, frugal, grasping, greedy, grudging, ignoble, illiberal,… …   New thesaurus

  • stingy — ► ADJECTIVE (stingier, stingiest) informal ▪ mean; ungenerous. DERIVATIVES stingily adverb stinginess noun. ORIGIN perhaps a dialect variant of STING(Cf. ↑stinger) …   English terms dictionary

  • stingy — stingy1 [stin′jē] adj. stingier, stingiest [< * stinge, dial. form of STING] 1. giving or spending grudgingly or only through necessity; mean; miserly 2. less than needed or expected; scanty stingily adv. stinginess n. SYN. STINGY1 …   English World dictionary

  • stingy — adjective (stingier; est) Etymology: perhaps from English dialect *stinge, noun, sting; akin to Old English stingan to sting Date: 1659 1. not generous or liberal ; sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending < stingy with the salt > < stingy… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • stingy — stingy1 stingily, adv. stinginess, n. /stin jee/, adj., stingier, stingiest. 1. reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious: He s a stingy old miser. 2. scanty or meager: a stingy little income. [1650 60; perh. deriv. of STING; …   Universalium

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