Nig"gard (?), n. [Icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hneáw.] A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. Chaucer.

A penurious niggard of his wealth.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense.

Nig"gard, a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

Nig"gard, v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] Shak.

• a miser or stingy person; a skinflint
  
• miserly or stingy