mingy

adj. Informal, -gi·er, -gi·est.

1. Small in quantity; meager: mingy wages.
2. Mean and stingy.

[Perhaps from M(EAN)² + (ST)INGY.]

(MIN-jee)

adjective
Characterized by lack of generosity: mean and stingy.

Etymology
Blend of mean and stingy.

Usage
"The Commonwealth honours bestowed by Buckingham Palace did not create good families. The abandonment of gongs in most countries reveals how mingy the British were." — Frank Devine; Royal Charade Serves a British Purpose; The Australian (Sydney, Australia); Mar 16, 2000.

"Cape Breton stands then as a sort of penal colony for the unenlightened, a place of windswept austerity where character, mingy though it may be, is destiny." — Same Old Trail Mix on Same Old Road; National Post (Don Mills, Ontario, Canada); May 10, 2001.

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mean, stingy

mod. mean and stingy.  Why can't you borrow it? I'm just mingy, that's all.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - tarvelig, snoldet, fedtet

Nederlands (Dutch)
krenterig

Français (French)
adj. - radin, pingre, maigre (une somme)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - knickerig

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - μίζερος, μικροπρεπής, στριμμένος, καρμίρικος

Italiano (Italian)
tirchio

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - avarento

Русский (Russian)
жадный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - tacaño, cicatero, mezquino

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - snål

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
卑鄙的, 吝啬的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 卑鄙的, 吝嗇的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 돈을 거의 쓰지 않는, 구두쇠의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - けちな

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) خسيس, بخيل, دنيئ‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮קמצן, כילי‬

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