vt & ·vi to act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.
2. niggard ·adj like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.
3. niggard ·noun a person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.