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parsimoniousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Parsimonious  \Par`si*mo"ni*ous\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  parcimonieux  See 
  {Parsimony}.] 
  Exhibiting  parsimony;  sparing  in  expenditure  of  money;  frugal 
  to  excess;  penurious;  niggardly;  stingy.  -- 
  {Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly},  adv  --  {Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness},  n. 
 
  A  prodigal  king  is  nearer  a  tyrant  than  a  parsimonious. 
  --Bacon. 
 
  Extraordinary  funds  for  one  campaign  may  spare  us  the 
  expense  of  many  years;  whereas  a  long,  parsimonious  war 
  will  drain  us  of  more  men  and  money.  --Addison. 
 
  Syn:  Covetous;  niggardly;  miserly;  penurious;  close  saving; 
  mean  stingy;  frugal.  See  {Avaricious}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  parsimoniousness 
  n  1:  extreme  care  in  spending  money;  reluctance  to  spend  money 
  unnecessarily  [syn:  {parsimony},  {thrift},  {penny-pinching}] 
  2:  extreme  stinginess  [syn:  {meanness},  {minginess},  {niggardliness}, 
  {niggardness},  {parsimony},  {tightness},  {tightfistedness}, 
  {closeness}]




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