nigga

a. Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. & i. To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [ R. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Icel. hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hneáw. ] A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Niggardliness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Somewhat niggard. [ 1913 Webster ]

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 ]

a. Meanly covetous or avaricious in dealing with others; stingy; niggard. [ 1913 Webster ]

Where the owner of the house will be bountiful, it is not for the steward to be niggardly. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Avaricious; covetous; parsimonious; sparing; miserly; penurious; sordid; stingy. See Avaricious. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a niggard manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Niggardliness. Sir P. Sidney. [ 1913 Webster ]