Definition for STIN'GY

STIN'GY, a. [from straitness; W. ystang, something strait; ystangu, to straiten, to limit.]

Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; gardly; narrow hearted; as, a stingy churl. [A word in popular use, but low and not admissible into elegant writing.]

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