Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tight-fisted

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
tight--fist-ed
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

reluctant to spend money; miserly or stingy

Etymology

From tight + fist + -ed.

Inflected Forms

more tight-fisted (comparative) most tight-fisted (superlative) tightfisted (alternative)

Synonyms

pinchfist

Questions

What does tight-fisted mean?
reluctant to spend money; miserly or stingy
Where does tight-fisted come from?
From tight + fist + -ed.

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