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Definition: Parsimoniousness |
ParsimoniousnessNoun1. Extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. 2. Extreme stinginess. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: ParsimoniousnessSynonyms: closeness (n), meanness (n), minginess (n), niggardliness (n), niggardness (n), parsimony (n), penny-pinching (n), thrift (n), tightfistedness (n), tightness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Parsimony | Noun: parsimony, parcity; parsimoniousness, stinginess; Adjective: stint; illiberality, tenacity. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Language | Translations for "parsimoniousness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
German | Sparsamkeiten (thriftiness, thrifts). (various references) | |
Italian | parsimonia (parsimony, thrift, thriftiness), frugalità (abstemiousness, frugality, husbandry, skimpiness, thrift), economia (economics, economy, saving). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arsimoniousnesspay.(various references) | |
Vietnamese | tÃnh tằn tiện (thriftiness), tÃnh hà tiện (costiveness, miseriliness, parsimony), tÃnh bủn xỉn (churlishness, closeness, costiveness, miseriliness, parsimony, scrimpiness, skimpiness, stinginess). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-i-m-n-n-o-o-p-r-s-s-s-s-u" | |
-4 letters: parsimonious, prussianises. | |
-5 letters: amorousness, aponeurosis, impressions, ominousness, parsimonies, permissions, persuasions, prussianise, responsions, spoonerisms, suspensions. | |
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