Niggard

Part of speech: noun (n.)

A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. Chaucer. A penurious niggard of his wealth. Milton. Be niggards of advice on no pretense. Pope.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] Shak.

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.