Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

closefisted

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
close-fist-ed
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Unwilling to spend money; stingy

Etymology

From close + fisted.

Inflected Forms

more closefisted (comparative) most closefisted (superlative)

Derived Forms

closefistedness

Synonyms

hardfisted tightfisted

Questions

What does closefisted mean?
Unwilling to spend money; stingy
Where does closefisted come from?
From close + fisted.

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