niggarding
English
Etymology
niggard + -ing
Verb
niggarding (third-person singular simple present niggardings, present participle -ing, simple past and past participle -ed)
- (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.
- Thou that art now the world’s fresh ornament
- 1609?, William Shakespeare, Sonnet 1