Etymology. Niggardly (noun: niggard) yog ib qho adjective lub ntsiab lus 'stingy' lossis 'merly'. Nws yog muab los ntawm Middle English lo lus nigard, uas yog tej zaum muab los ntawm Old Norse nigla, lub ntsiab lus 'ua neeg pluag', uas nws tus kheej yog feem ntau muab los ntawm hnøggr ('stingy').
lo lus niggardly originate?
Webster's Tenth Edition Dictionary txhais niggardly li "grudgingly txhais hais tias txog kev siv nyiaj lossis kev pab". Webster hais tias nws muab los ntawm a Scandinavian lo lus nyob rau hauv lub xyoo pua 16thThiab Oxford English Dictionary taug qab qhov ntxov tshaj plaws siv "niggard" rau Chaucer hauv 1374, lub ntsiab lus "mer ".
niggardly txhais li cas hauv phau Vajlugkub?
: a meanly ntshaw thiab stingy person: miser.
Dab tsi yog lub ntsiab lus ntawm niggardly?
stingy, ze, niggardly, parsimonious, penurious, miserly txhais tau tias yog unwillinglos yog tsis kam qhia rau lwm tus.
Tus neeg qias neeg yog dab tsi?
Ib tug neeg 'stingy' yog tus neeg muaj nyiaj, tab sis nws tsis kam koom nrog nws Nws yog neeg pluag; nws tsis nyiam siv nyiaj rau nws tus kheej lossis rau lwm tus. Nws tsis kam siv nyiaj rau tej yam tseem ceeb thiab. Ebenezer Scrooge hauv Charles Dickens' classic 'Ib Christmas Carol' yog ib tus neeg qias neeg.
