different between stingy vs stingo

English

Etymology 1

Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?n?j?, IPA^(key): /?st?nd?i/

Adjective

stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)

1. Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean
   • 1909, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Avonlea Chapter XVIII

     "Well, I'm doing my best to grow," said Davy, "but it's a thing you can't hurry much. If Marilla wasn't so stingy with her jam I believe I'd grow a lot faster."

2. Small, scant, meager, insufficient

Usage notes

Use of "stingy of" was about as common as use of "stingy with" until about 1900 but became much less common by and since 1920.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:stingy

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

sting +? -y

Pronunciation

• enPR: st?ng??, IPA^(key): /?st??i/

Adjective

stingy (comparative stingier, superlative stingiest)

1. Stinging; able to sting.

Translations

Anagrams

• Yingst, stying, tyings

English

Etymology

sting +? -o

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?st?????/

Noun

stingo (uncountable)

1. (slang, archaic) strong beer
   • 1715, Joseph Addison, The Drummer, or The Haunted House

     Shall I set a cup of old stingo at your elbow?

   • c. 1824, John Clare, The Toper's Rant

     For my outside I never need fear me / While warm with real stingo within.

Anagrams

• ingots, tigons, toings, tosing

Italian

Verb

stingo

1. first-person singular present indicative of stingere

Latvian

Adjective

stingo

1. vocative singular masculine form of stingais
2. accusative singular masculine form of stingais
3. instrumental singular masculine form of stingais
4. genitive plural masculine form of stingais
5. vocative singular feminine form of stingais
6. accusative singular feminine form of stingais
7. instrumental singular feminine form of stingais
8. genitive plural feminine form of stingais