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Definition of scrooge

scrooge

/skruːdʒ/
scrooge
Plural:scrooges
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• noun

1

A person who is stingy with money and ungenerous or uncharitable toward others; a miser.

Example

"Don't be such a scrooge during the holidays; everyone else in the office contributed to the charity drive."

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Word Origin & Etymology

Eponymously derived from Ebenezer Scrooge, the miserly protagonist of Charles Dickens's 1843 novella A Christmas Carol, whose name was likely influenced by the English dialectal verb 'scrouge', meaning to squeeze or press tightly.

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Scrooge. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/scrooge
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