miserliness

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/ˈmaɪzə(ɹ)linəs/

noun

The property of being miserly: excessive parsimony.

“Near-synonyms: stinginess, cheapness, tightness”

Scrabble 13

Meanings

nounmiserliness (usually uncountable, plural miserlinesses)

plural miserlinesses

  1. uncountableusuallyThe property of being miserly: excessive parsimony.

    Near-synonyms: stinginess, cheapness, tightness

    2 more examples

    Even his amazing miserliness was passed over acceptedly, for of such are the kingdom of shepherd millionaires.

    1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 195

    There were enough people in the room who wouldn’t mind seeing Beaufort-Holmes hurt to make the chorus a full and, to the uninitiated ear, good-humoured one. His colleagues wouldn’t mind because of his faith that he was a don, they lecturers or worse, and because of remembered miserlinesses.

    1956, W. John Morgan, The Small World, London: Victor Gollancz Ltd, page 114

    Synonyms: stinginess, cheapness, tightness

Synonyms & antonyms

nounThe property of being miserly: excessive parsimony.

Origin

Translations

Catalan gasiveria, mesquineria
  • gasiveriaproperty of being miserly
  • mesquineriaproperty of being miserly
Czech lakota
  • lakotaproperty of being miserly
French avarice
  • avariceproperty of being miserly
German Geiz
  • Geizproperty of being miserly
Greek τσιγκουνιά, φιλαργυρία
  • τσιγκουνιά (tsigkouniá)property of being miserly
  • φιλαργυρία (filargyría)property of being miserly
Hungarian fösvénység, fukarság
  • fösvénységproperty of being miserly
  • fukarságproperty of being miserly
Polish skąpstwo
  • skąpstwoproperty of being miserly
Spanish avaricia, tacañería
  • avariciaproperty of being miserly
  • tacañeríaproperty of being miserly
Welsh cybydd-dod
  • cybydd-dodproperty of being miserly
Yiddish קמצנות
  • קמצנות (kamtsones)property of being miserly
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APA

miserliness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/miserliness

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Chicago

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