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Definition of Mingy
1. Adjective. (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity. "He left a miserly tip"
Similar to: Stingy, Ungenerous
Derivative terms: Meanness, Meanness, Minginess, Miser, Miserliness, Tightness
Definition of Mingy
1. Adjective. (colloquial) Mean, miserly, stingy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mingy
1. mean and stingy [adj -GIER, -GIEST]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mingy
Literary usage of Mingy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1919)
"left -[mingy mass. ... di-taii'-e in the right >| mingy mass where it disappears.
At the end of the ninth and the beginning of the tenth segment there is an ..."
2. Catalogue of the Library of the Royal Geographical Society: Containing the by Hugh Robert Mill (1895)
"8° 1881 Special Papers on Topography, Arch.mingy, Manners and Customs, &c., ...
4° 1881 — Memoirs of the Topography, Orography, Hydrography, and Arch.mingy. ..."
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