Stinginess

  • 31minginess — n. an extreme stinginess. Syn: meanness, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightfistedness. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 32Niggardliness — 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] …

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  • 33parsimoniousness — n. 1. The quality of being parsimonious; extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. Syn: parsimony, thrift, penny pinching. [WordNet 1.5] 2. An extreme stinginess. Syn: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness …

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  • 34Parsimony — Par si*mo*ny, n. [L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf. parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie.] Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Bacon. [1913 Webster] Awful …

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  • 35covetous — adjective Date: 13th century 1. marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another s possessions 2. having a craving for possession < covetous of power > • covetously adverb • covetousness noun Synonyms …

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  • 36parsimonious — adjective Date: 1598 1. exhibiting or marked by parsimony; especially frugal to the point of stinginess 2. sparing, restrained Synonyms: see stingy • parsimoniously adverb …

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  • 37Pope Pius IV — Infobox Pope|English name=Pius IV|Latin name=Pio PP. IV birth name=Giovanni Angelo Medici term start=December 25, 1559|term end=December 9, 1565 predecessor=Paul IV|successor=Pius V birth date=birth date|1499|3|31|mf=y|birthplace=Milan, Italy&#8230; …

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  • 38Mohave — [ Edward S. Curtis, c. 1903] Mohave and Mojave are both tribally accepted and interchangeably used phonetic spellings for a Native American people known among themselves as the Aha macave . Their name comes from two words: aha , meaning water ,&#8230; …

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  • 39Alms — or almsgiving exists in a number of religions. In general, it involves giving materially to another as an act of religious virtue. In Abrahamic religions, alms are given as charity to benefit the poor. In Buddhism, alms are given by lay people to …

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  • 40Muhammad ibn Zakariya ar-Razi — Infobox Philosopher region = Persian scholar era = Medieval era color = #B0C4DE image caption = European depiction of the Persian doctor Al Razi, in Gerard of Cremona Receuil des traites de medecine 1250 1260. [ Inventions et decouvertes au Moyen …

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