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mingy
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective mingy has 1 sense
- mingy(s = adj.all) mean, miserly, tight - (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity; "a mean person"; "he left a miserly tip" Derived form noun minginess1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mingy, adj. (mingier, mingiest) Brit. colloq. mean, stingy.
Derivative
mingily adv.
Etymology
perh. f. MEAN(2) and STINGY
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