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- DictionaryPar·si·mo·ni·ous/ˌpärsəˈmōnēəs/
adjective
- 1. unwilling to spend money or use resources; stingy or frugal: "even the parsimonious Joe paid for drinks all round"
not willing to spend money or use a lot of something: She's too parsimonious to heat the house properly. I had to be a little parsimonious with the fresh thyme. I think that politicians are often parsimonious with the (= do not tell the complete) truth. small in size or amount:
Parsimonious definition: characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.. See examples of PARSIMONIOUS used in a sentence.
the quality of not being willing to spend money or to give or use a lot of something: She criticised government parsimony with defence investment. Her stepfather's parsimony was well known. See. parsimonious. Fewer examples. He despised parsimony, and particularly of words. There is parsimony on both sides of the family.
It is a combination of the Latin verb parcere, "to spare," plus an Old French suffix –ous, "having the quality of." Definitions of parsimonious. adjective. excessively unwilling to spend. “ parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses”. synonyms: penurious. stingy, ungenerous. unwilling to spend.
Parsimony definition: extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; miserliness.. See examples of PARSIMONY used in a sentence.
Definition of parsimonious adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
5 days ago · noun. Word Frequency. parsimonious in American English. (ˌpɑːrsəˈmouniəs) adjective. characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy. SYNONYMS tight, close, miserly, miserly, illiberal, mean, penurious; avaricious, covetous. See stingy 1. ANTONYMS generous. Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.
