Stingy
Pronunciation : Sting"y
Part of Speech : a.
Definition : Defn: Stinging; able to sting.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Stin"gy
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E. skinch.]
Definition : Defn: 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.
[Compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913