miserliness

English

Etymology

miserly +‎ -ness, with usual ‘-y’ → ‘-i-’ spelling change on adding suffixes.

Noun

miserliness (uncountable)

The property of being miserly.
- 1907, Barbara Baynton, Sally Krimmer; Alan Lawson, editors, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 195:
  Even his amazing miserliness was passed over acceptedly, for of such are the kingdom of shepherd millionaires.

Synonyms

peniaphobia

Translations

property of being miserly

Czech: lakota f
French: avarice (fr) f
German: Geiz (de) m
Greek: τσιγκουνιά (el) f (tsigkouniá), φιλαργυρία (el) f (filargyría)
Malayalam: പിശുക്ക് (ml) (piśukkŭ)
Spanish: avaricia (es) f, tacañería f
Yiddish: קמצנות‎ f (kamtsones)

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