Meanings
nounniggardship (uncountable)
- obsoleteuncountableNiggardliness; stinginess.
much pinching and niggardship of meat and drink is to be discommended
1531, Thomas Elyot, The Boke Named the Governour […], London: […] Tho[mas] Bertheleti, →OCLC
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Origin
- Middle Englishnigardshipe
- Englishniggardship
From Middle English nigardshipe, nygartship, negardship, nygardschip, nygardschippe, equivalent to niggard + -ship.
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