English Dictionary

niggardry

名詞

廃用 不可算名詞

(obsolete) Niggardliness.

日本語の意味

けち、吝嗇（りんそく）—必要以上にケチであること、またはその性格や行動を表す。

His niggardry was clear when he insisted on splitting the bill down to the last cent.

彼は端数の1セントまで割り勘にこだわり、その吝嗇さが明らかだった。

意味（1）

(obsolete) Niggardliness.

At least it was from no niggardry that the door was made thus low, as might be seen by the fair and manifold carving of knots and dragons that was wrought above the lintel of the door for some three foot's space.