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parsimony

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parsimony  \Par"si*mo*ny\,  n.  [L.  parsimonia  parcimonia  cf 
  parcere  to  spare,  parsus  sparing:  cf  F.  parcimonie.] 
  Closeness  or  sparingness  in  the  expenditure  of  money;  -- 
  generally  in  a  bad  sense  excessive  frugality;  niggardliness. 
  --Bacon. 
 
  Awful  parsimony  presided  generally  at  the  table. 
  --Thackeray. 
 
  Syn:  Economy;  frugality;  illiberality;  covetousness; 
  closeness;  stinginess.  See  {Economy}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parsimony 
  n  1:  extreme  care  in  spending  money;  reluctance  to  spend  money 
  unnecessarily  [syn:  {parsimoniousness},  {thrift},  {penny-pinching}] 
  2:  extreme  stinginess  [syn:  {meanness},  {minginess},  {niggardliness}, 
  {niggardness},  {parsimoniousness},  {tightness},  {tightfistedness}, 
  {closeness}]




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