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81penurious — parsimonious, niggardly, *stingy, close, close fisted, tight, tightfisted, miserly, cheeseparing, penny pinching Analogous words: avaricious, grasping, greedy, *covetous: *mercenary, venal: *mean, abject, sordid, ignoble …
82little — adj 1. small, tiny, teeny, pint size, wee, mini, short, snub; All Baby Talk. teeny weeny, itty bitty, itsy bitsy, itty, teensy weensy; Lilliputian, elfin, like Tom Thumb, pygmy, Inf. peewee, baby, child s toy, bantam; undersized, underweight,… …
83stingy — [adj] penny pinching, averse to spending money acquisitive, avaricious, chary, cheap, chintzy*, churlish, close, close fisted, costive, covetous, curmudgeonly, economical, extortionate, frugal, grasping, greedy, grudging, ignoble, illiberal,… …
84thrifty — [adj] economical canny, careful, chary, cheap, chintzy*, close*, close fisted, conserving, frugal, mean, parsimonious, penny pinching, preserving, provident, prudent, saving, scrimpy*, sparing, steal, stingy*, tight*, unwasteful; concepts 334,401 …
85Mean — (m[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Meaner} (m[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Meanest}.] [OE. mene, AS. m[=ae]ne wicked; akin to m[=a]n, a., wicked, n., wickedness, OS. m[=e]n wickedness, OHG. mein, G. meineid perjury, Icel. mein harm, hurt, and perh. to AS.… …
86Meaner — Mean Mean (m[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Meaner} (m[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Meanest}.] [OE. mene, AS. m[=ae]ne wicked; akin to m[=a]n, a., wicked, n., wickedness, OS. m[=e]n wickedness, OHG. mein, G. meineid perjury, Icel. mein harm, hurt, and perh. to AS …
87Meanest — Mean Mean (m[=e]n), a. [Compar. {Meaner} (m[=e]n [ e]r); superl. {Meanest}.] [OE. mene, AS. m[=ae]ne wicked; akin to m[=a]n, a., wicked, n., wickedness, OS. m[=e]n wickedness, OHG. mein, G. meineid perjury, Icel. mein harm, hurt, and perh. to AS …
88Thirteen Treasures of the Island of Britain — Manuscripts Peniarth MSS 51 (names only), 60, 77, 138, 179, 295; Cardiff MSS 17, 19, 26, 43; Llanstephan 65, 94, 145; National Library of Wales MS 5269B; Panton MS 13; BL Addl. 14,973; Mostyn MS 159; Edward Jones, Bardic Museum. London, 1808. pp …
89tightfisted — [tīt′fis΄tid] adj. stingy; closefisted * * * tight·fist·ed (tītʹfĭsʹtĭd) adj. Close fisted; stingy. tightʹfistʹed·ness n. * * * …
90tightwad — /tuyt wod /, n. Informal. a close fisted or stingy person. [1895 1900, Amer.; TIGHT + WAD1] * * * …
