harpagon.
a very stingy or miserly person, a skinflint, a miser; a person who is morbidly fond of money and wealth
Meaning & usage
a very stingy or miserly person, a skinflint, a miser; a person who is morbidly fond of money and wealth
O tam bir harpagon, kimseye bir kuruş bile koklatmaz.
Where this word comes from
Eponymous, derived from the incredibly greedy protagonist Harpagon in Molière's play The Miser, from French Harpagon, from Latin harpago (“grappling hook”), from Ancient Greek ἅρπαξ (hárpax, “robber, rapacious”).
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