niggarding

English

Etymology

niggard + -ing

Verb

niggarding (third-person singular simple present niggardings, present participle -ing, simple past and past participle -ed)

  1. (obsolete) present participle of niggard
    • 1609?, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 1
      Thou that art now the world’s fresh ornament
      And only herald to the gaudy spring,
      Within thine own bud buriest thy content
      And, tender churl, mak’st waste in niggarding.
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