Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: parsimony
IPA transcription: [p'ɑɹsəm,oʊni]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness
    Meaning: extreme stinginess
  • Synonyms: parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
    Meaning: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Usage examples
  • 'You reproach me very often with parsimony of writing: but you may discover by the extent of my paper, that I design to recompence rarity by length.
  • But he was so excessively pleased with himself over the adroitness with which he had claimed the last hole, that he quite overstepped the bounds of his habitual parsimony.
  • The Prince Royal, at present, runs into the opposite extreme; and the formality, if not the parsimony, of the court, seems to extend to all the other branches of society, which I had an opportunity of observing; though hospitality still characterises their intercourse with strangers.
  • Besides, the Prince Royal, determined to be economical, almost descends to parsimony; and perhaps depresses his subjects, by labouring not to oppress them; for his intentions always seem to be good--yet nothing can give a more forcible idea of the dulness which eats away all activity of mind, than the insipid routine of a court, without magnificence or elegance.