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mingy

adj
/ˈmɪndʒi/UK

Etymology

Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of mean + stingy.

  1. inherited from *stungiz✻
  2. inherited from stynġ
  3. inherited from *stingaz✻
  4. inherited from sting
  5. inherited from styng
  6. suffixed as stingy — “sting + y”
  7. compounded as mingy — “mean + stingy”

Definitions

  1. Mean, miserly, stingy.

    • After the Liberation Mrs Crewe kept on being as mingy as before with the food; and wouldn't let Harold buy any new clothes.

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