"miserliness" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-miserliness.wav Forms: miserlinesses [plural]
Etymology: From miserly + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|miserly|ness}} miserly + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|-|es}} miserliness (usually uncountable, plural miserlinesses)
  1. The property of being miserly. Tags: uncountable, usually Synonyms: peniaphobia Translations (property of being miserly): lakota [feminine] (Czech), avarice [feminine] (French), Geiz [masculine] (German), τσιγκουνιά (tsigkouniá) [feminine] (Greek), φιλαργυρία (filargyría) [feminine] (Greek), fösvénység (Hungarian), fukarság (Hungarian), പിശുക്ക് (piśukkŭ) (Malayalam), avaricia [feminine] (Spanish), tacañería [feminine] (Spanish), קמצנות (kamtsones) [feminine] (Yiddish)

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