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tight-fisted

adj

Etymology

From tight + fist + -ed.

  1. derived from *(s)peys-✻
  2. derived from *fīsaną✻
  3. derived from *fistaz✻
  4. derived from *fistan✻
  5. derived from fisten
  6. formed as tight-fisted — “tight + fist + -ed”

Definitions

  1. reluctant to spend money

    reluctant to spend money; miserly or stingy

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