chinchy

adjective

ˈchinchē

-er/-est

chiefly South & Midland

: stingy

Word History

Etymology

Middle English, from chinche miser, miserly (from Old French chinche, chiche, from—assumed—Vulgar Latin ciccus, from Latin ciccum trifle) + Middle English -y

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