·vt & ·vi To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.
II. Niggard ·adj Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
III. Niggard ·noun A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.