miser

noun
🔊/ˈmaɪzə(r)/
🔊/ˈmaɪzər/
(disapproving)
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  1. a person who loves money and hates spending it吝啬鬼;守财奴Topics Personal qualitiesc2
    Word Originlate 15th cent. (as an adjective in the sense ‘miserly’): from Latin, literally ‘wretched’.