niggardous

English

Etymology

niggard +‎ -ous

Adjective

niggardous (comparative more niggardous, superlative most niggardous)

1. (obsolete) Niggardly.
   • c. 1522, Thomas More, The Four Last Things:

     covetous gathering and niggardous keeping

References

• “niggardous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.