nipfarthing
English
Etymology
nip + farthing
Noun
nipfarthing (plural nipfarthings)
- (obsolete) A miser.
- 1566, Drant, Thomas, transl., “1st satire”, in A Medicinable Morall, translation of Satires by Horace:
- I woulde the not a nipfarthinge, / nor yet a niggarde haue, / Wilte thou therefore, a drunkard be, / a dingthrifte, and a knaue?
- 2017, Balogh, Mary, No Ordinary Love:
- Were you hoping to benefit from your sister's marriage, Sebastian? Are all the rumors I have heard of your gambling and other debts true? And is your father still the nipfarthing you have always claimed him to be?
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Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:miser