parsimonious
[pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs]
- characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
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Origin of parsimonious
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See stingy1.
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Related Words
avaricious, chintzy, close, frugal, greedy, illiberal, mean, miserly, penurious, prudent, saving, selfish, skinflint, sparing, stingy, tight, tightfisted, tightwad, scrimpyExamples from the Web for parsimonious
Contemporary Examples
It promises to be a parsimonious solution to the age-old problem of preventing unwanted pregnancies.
The U.S. will never be as parsimonious with energy as a Scandinavian country.
I bear some responsibility for moving the party of the parsimonious and prudent use of force to “all war all the time.”
Historical Examples
The Earl of Buchan was the very pink of parsimonious patrons.
The Letters of Robert BurnsRobert Burns
There was nothing exclusive, or shrinking, or parsimonious in Frances Blondell.
They of the High TrailsHamlin Garland
And being of New England, he would always be parsimonious with flatteries.
In a Little TownRupert Hughes
He is not parsimonious, but his instincts and habits have been prudent.
Floyd Grandon's HonorAmanda Minnie Douglas
But he was bitter and satirical, irritable, parsimonious, and vain.
Word Origin and History for parsimonious
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper