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51Scantiest — Scanty Scant y, a. [Compar. {Scantier}; superl. {Scantiest}.] [From {Scant}, a.] 1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant. [1913 Webster] His dominions were very narrow and scanty. Locke. [1913 Webster] Now scantier limits the… …
52Scanty — Scant y, a. [Compar. {Scantier}; superl. {Scantiest}.] [From {Scant}, a.] 1. Wanting amplitude or extent; narrow; small; not abundant. [1913 Webster] His dominions were very narrow and scanty. Locke. [1913 Webster] Now scantier limits the proud… …
53False etymology — A false etymology is an assumed or postulated etymology that current consensus among scholars of historical linguistics holds to be incorrect. Many false etymologies may be described as folk etymologies , the distinction being that folk… …
54penurious — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. stingy, mean, miserly. See parsimony. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stingy, mean, frugal, niggardly; see stingy . See Synonym Study at stingy . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. miserly, stingy,… …
55cheap — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Low in relative price] Syn. inexpensive, low priced, reasonable, economical, affordable, moderate, family size, economy size, economy, budget, utility (grade), reduced, marked down, discounted, depreciated, slashed,… …
56closefisted — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tight, miserly, stingy, niggardly; see greedy 1 , stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. tightfisted, tight, cheap, stingy, miserly, niggardly, penny pinching, parsimonious, penurious. ANT.: generous, giving,… …
57hard-fisted — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. selfish, miserly, niggardly, tight fisted; see stingy . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Ungenerously or pettily reluctant to spend money: cheap, close, close fisted, costive, mean2, miserly, niggard, niggardly,… …
58miserly — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. stingy, covetous, parsimonious, close fisted; see stingy . See Synonym Study at stingy . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. hoarding, cheap, penny pinching, tight, money grubbing, misanthropic, stingy, parsimonious,… …
59sparing — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Niggardly] Syn. close, tight, avaricious; see economical 1 , stingy . 2. [Merciful] Syn. compassionate, mild, tolerant; see humane 1 , merciful 1 . See Synonym Study at economical . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) a. 1.… …
60μικρολογητέον — one must be niggardly masc acc sg μικρολογητέον one must be niggardly neut nom/voc/acc sg …
