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stingy

adj
/ˈstɪnd͡ʒi//ˈstɪŋi/

Etymology

Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).

  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”

Definitions

  1. Unwilling to spend, give, or share

    Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.

    • "Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry much. If Marilla wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."

  2. Small, scant, meager, insufficient.

    • The realization of this joint oppression is like discovering that the stingy crusts of bread being held out by society have mold on them.

  3. Stinging

    Stinging; able or inclined to sting.

    • Bumble bee – Bumble bee / I send to you this sonnet, / But please don't be – Bumble bee / The stingy bee in my bonnet.

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Derived

mingy, stinge, stingily, stinginess, stingy gut, unstingy

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stingy. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01stingy02insufficient03needs04followed05follow06direction07guidance08path09worn10shabby

A definitional loop anchored at stingy. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at stingy

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA