mingy
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mingy
- /ˈmɪndʒi/ UK
Rhymes with -ɪndʒi
Where it comes from
Uncertain. Perhaps a blend of mean + stingy.
adjective mingier · mingiest
- Mean, miserly, stingy. 'And weren't you happy as an officer and a gentleman, when your Colonel was dead?' 'No! They were a mingy lot.' He laughed suddenly. 'The Colonel used to say: Lad, the English middle classes have to chew every mouthful thirty times because their guts are so narrow, a bit as big as a pea would give t
- Small; inconsequential. The great train snaked on through the dark, pounding out the miles through the empty plains and mingy hamlets of Georgia, the 'Peach State', the angry moan of its four-toned wind-horn soughing over the wide savannah and the long shaft of its single searchlight ripping the black calico of the night.
Similar: niggardly
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Similar: niggardly
Talk about this word "mingy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mingy. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. mingy. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mingy "mingy." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mingy.Cite this
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