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Webster 1913 Edition

Stingy

Sting′y

,
Adj.
Stinging; able to sting.

Stin′gy

,
Adj.
[
Com
par.
Stingier
;
sup
erl.
Stingiest
.]
[Probably from
sting
, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E.
skinch
.]
Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious;
as, a
stingy
churl
.
A
stingy
, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten.
L’estrange.

Webster 1828 Edition

Stingy

STINGY

,
Adj.
[from straitness.]
1.
Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; narrow hearted; as a stingy churl. [A word in popular use, but low and not admissible into elegant writing.]

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