• (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy. • (n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. • (v. t. & i.) To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. • (a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; st... Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/niggard/
Nig'gard noun [ Icelandic hnöggr niggardly, stingy + -ard ; confer Swedish njugg , Anglo-Saxon hneáw .] A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. Chaucer. « A penurious niggard of his wealth... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/N/21