EUCLIONISM

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ETYMOLOGY
from Eucliōnem, the name of a miser, the chief character in Plautus' Aulularia + -ism

EXAMPLE
From: The Harleian Miscellany
Or A Collection of Scarce, Curious, and Entertaining Pamphlets and Tracts
Found in the Earl of Oxfords' Library, Vol. VI. 1745
Nashe's Lenten Stuff. P. 132