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parsimony 音标拼音: [p'ɑrsəm ,oni] n. 过度节俭,吝啬 过度节俭,吝啬 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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