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noun
The state or condition of being parsimonious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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noun
extreme stinginess
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: stinginess
Narrower terms: pettiness, littleness, smallness, miserliness
noun
extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: parsimony, thrift, penny-pinching
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: frugality, frugalness
History
Etymology tree English parsimonious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English parsimoniousness From parsimonious + -ness.
