parsimony 音標拼音: [p'ɑrsəm
, oni]
n . 過度節儉,吝嗇
過度節儉,吝嗇
parsimony n 1 :
extreme care in spending money ;
reluctance to spend money unnecessarily [
synonym : {
parsimony }, {
parsimoniousness },
{
thrift }, {
penny -
pinching }]
2 :
extreme stinginess [
synonym : {
meanness }, {
minginess },
{
niggardliness }, {
niggardness }, {
parsimony },
{
parsimoniousness }, {
tightness }, {
tightfistedness },
{
closeness }]
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 .
[
1913 Webster ]
Awful parsimony presided generally at the table .
--
Thackeray .
[
1913 Webster ]
Syn :
Economy ;
frugality ;
illiberality ;
covetousness ;
closeness ;
stinginess .
See {
Economy }.
[
1913 Webster ]
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "
parsimony ":
Lenten fare ,
austerity ,
austerity program ,
canniness ,
care ,
carefulness ,
chariness ,
economic planning ,
economicalness ,
economy ,
economy of means ,
exiguity ,
exiguousness ,
false economy ,
forehandedness ,
frugality ,
frugalness ,
good management ,
husbandry ,
jejuneness ,
jejunity ,
leanness ,
management ,
meagerness ,
meanness ,
miserliness ,
narrowness ,
niggardliness ,
paltriness ,
parsimoniousness ,
providence ,
prudence ,
prudential administration ,
puniness ,
scantiness ,
scantness ,
scrawniness ,
scrimpiness ,
skimpiness ,
slenderness ,
slightness ,
slim pickings ,
slimness ,
smallness ,
spareness ,
sparingness ,
stinginess ,
thinness ,
thrift ,
thriftiness ,
tight purse strings ,
unwastefulness
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