Stinginess
11a moth in your wallet — stinginess The Tineola bisselliella doesn t normally go for leather, although it favours an undisturbed site for its eggs: Symington would pick up the tab... there were no moths in his wallet. (Sanders, 1983) …
12Nicomachean Ethics — Part of a series on Aristotle …
13stingy — stingy1 stingily, adv. stinginess, n. /stin jee/, adj., stingier, stingiest. 1. reluctant to give or spend; not generous; niggardly; penurious: He s a stingy old miser. 2. scanty or meager: a stingy little income. [1650 60; perh. deriv. of STING; …
14stingy — adjective (stingier; est) Etymology: perhaps from English dialect *stinge, noun, sting; akin to Old English stingan to sting Date: 1659 1. not generous or liberal ; sparing or scant in using, giving, or spending < stingy with the salt > < stingy… …
15Laihia — ( Laihela in Swedish) is a municipality of Finland, founded in 1576 through a separation from Isokyrö and Korsholm.It is located in the province of Western Finland and is a part of the Ostrobothnia region. The municipality has a population of… …
16Louisiana State Penitentiary — For similarly named locales, see Angola (disambiguation). Angola   Unincorporated community   Louisiana State Penitentiary …
17economy — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Avoidance of waste Nouns 1. economy, thriftiness, frugality, thrift, austerity, care, husbandry, housekeeping, ménage, good housewifery, good management or administration, retrenchment, cutback, rollback …
18parsimony — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Excessive frugality Nouns 1. parsimony, parsimoniousness, stinginess, miserliness; illiberality, avarice, greed (see desire). See selfishness, economy. 2. miser, niggard, churl, skinflint, scrimp,… …
19κιμβεία — κιμβείᾱ , κιμβεία stinginess fem nom/voc/acc dual κιμβείᾱ , κιμβεία stinginess fem nom/voc sg (attic doric aeolic) …
20closeness — noun 1. a feeling of being intimate and belonging together their closeness grew as the night wore on • Syn: ↑intimacy • Derivationally related forms: ↑close • Hypernyms: ↑belonging • …
