mingy

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(mĭn') pronunciation
adj. Informal, -gi·er, -gi·est.
  1. Small in quantity; meager: mingy wages.
  2. Mean and stingy.

[Perhaps from M(EAN)2 + (ST)INGY.]


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

adjective
/'mɪndʒɪ/ /'mɪndʒɪ/
adjective

Mean, niggardly; disappointingly small. (1911 —) .
E. V. Lucas It's dear, but we're not going to be mingy (1930).

[Perh. from m(ean adjective + st)ingy adjective, or a blend of mangy adjective and stingy adjective.]


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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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