US /ˈmɪndʒi/ UK /ˈmɪndʒi/
adj

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    mean and stingy; meanly small in amount

    He left a mingy tip that embarrassed his companions.

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Synonyms
1 adj · mean and stingy; meanly... stingymiserlymeanniggardlyparsimonioustightungenerous
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Word family
Related forms meanstingy

Etymology

An early 20th-century colloquialism, probably a blend (portmanteau) of mean and stingy.

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