Niggard /(nĭg"gẽrd)/

Nig·gard

Niggard

n.
  1. A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser.
    A penurious niggard of his wealth.
    Be niggards of advice on no pretense.

Niggard

a.
  1. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Niggard

v. t. & i.
  1. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.]