单词 | niggardship |
释义 | † ˈniggardship Obs. Forms: see niggard. Also 5 negardchepe, 6 nygerdeshyppe, negar-, niggarship. [f. niggard n. + -ship.] Niggardliness. (Freq. in 16th cent.)
1430–40Lydg. Bochas iii. i. (1554) 70/1 Whan..couetise put away largesse,..And nigardship exileth gentlenesse. c1440Jacob's Well 121 Þe thredde fote brede of wose of coueytise is nygardschippe. 1526Skelton Magnyf. 2518 Let neuer negarshyp your noblenesse affray. 1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 85 b, Gentlemen, who..abhorre all suche auarice, churlishnesse, and niggardshippe. 1621T. Williamson tr. Goulart's Wise Vieillard 73 Your rauennous niggardship, and base pinching. 1673R. Head Canting Academy K 2 Niggardship, and covetousness. |

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