Niggard
Niggard (nig"gẽrd) , noun
[Icelandic hnoggr niggardly, stingy + -ard; compare Swedish njugg, Anglo-Saxon hneáw.]
A person meanly stingy and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonious fellow; a miser. — Chaucer
A penurious niggard of his wealth.
Be niggards of advice on no pretense.
Niggard , adjective
Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
Niggard , verb, transitive and intransitive
To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [Rare] — Shakespeare