> “Niggardly” has no relation whatsoever to that other word.
Actually it does. They both share the same etymology.
While niggardly means “cheap” past frugal, nigg#r in the common context means “An unclean person” and was pretty common Pre Anti-Bellum.
Like the word “gay,” they have corrupted a fine word for crass political purposes.
Class & Racial warfare at its finest...
I was going by this:
“Niggardly,” from the Old Norse “nigla” to fuss about small matters; petty; unimportant. The other word is from the Latin “niger” : black or dark.
So a niggardly person would be a niggard, not the other word.
What you refer to might be a corruption or confusion of the words. I have seen “n*gger” in old American literature used by whites to refer to themselves; kind of like “sumbitch” used affectionately.
Brown and other public speakers would do wel to stick with “stingy.”. : )