[syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Meanness \Mean"ness\, n.
1. The condition, or quality, of being mean; want of
excellence; poorness; lowness; baseness; sordidness;
stinginess.
[1913 Webster]
This figure is of a later date, by the meanness of
the workmanship. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
2. A mean act; as, to be guilty of meanness. --Goldsmith.
[1913 Webster] meanspirited
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
meanness
n 1: the quality of being deliberately mean [syn: beastliness,
meanness]
2: extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess,
niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony,
parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness,
closeness]