1.
[syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Niggardliness \Nig"gard*li*ness\ (n[i^]g"g[~e]rd*l[i^]*n[e^]s),
n.
The quality or state of being niggard; meanness in giving or
spending; parsimony; stinginess.
[1913 Webster]
Niggardliness is not good husbandry. --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
niggardliness
n 1: extreme stinginess [syn: meanness, minginess,
niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony,
parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness,
closeness]