niggardliness n 1: extreme stinginess [syn: {meanness}, {minginess}, {niggardliness}, {niggardness}, {parsimony}, {parsimoniousness}, {tightness}, {tightfistedness}, {closeness}]
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]