Stingy, a. [Compar. Stingier; superl. Stingiest.]
Etymology: [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging; hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious; or cf. E. skinch.]
Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly; miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl. A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it began to be rotten. L'estrange.
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Stingy, a.
Stinging; able to sting.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for stingy; he lists it under avaricious.
Where he writes about it:
Greedy and stingy are used not only of money, but often of other things, as food, etc. — from avaricious
The greedy child wishes to enjoy everything himself; the stingy child, to keep others from getting it. — from avaricious