Hypertext Webster Gateway: "stingy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stingy \Sting"y\, a.
Stinging; able to sting.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Stingy \Stin"gy\, a. [Compar. {Stingier}; superl. {Stingiest}.]
[Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging;
hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious;
or cf. E. skinch.]
Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly;
miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.
A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of
choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it
began to be rotten. --L'estrange.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
stingy
adj 1: not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy";
"an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" [syn:
{ungenerous}] [ant: {generous}]
2: selfishly unwilling to share with others [syn: {ungenerous}]
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