stingy的词源

英文词源

stingy (adj.)

"niggardly, penurious, extremely tight-fisted," 1650s, of uncertain origin, perhaps a dialectal alteration of earlier stingy "biting, sharp, stinging" (1610s), from sting (v.). Back-formation stinge "a stingy person" is recorded from 1905. Related: Stingily; stinginess.

中文词源

stingy：小气的，吝啬的

sting,刺，叮，蜇，-y,形容词后缀。俚语。

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