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parsimonious a. 节俭的;吝啬的 节俭的;吝啬的 parsimonious adj 1: excessively unwilling to spend; " parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; " lived in a most penurious manner-- denying himself every indulgence" [ synonym: { parsimonious}, { penurious}] Parsimonious \ Par` si* mo" ni* ous\, a. [ Cf. F. parcimonieux. See { Parsimony}.] Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. -- { Par` si* mo" ni* ous* ly}, adv. -- { Par` si* mo" ni* ous* ness}, n. [ 1913 Webster] A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious. -- Bacon. [ 1913 Webster] Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war will drain us of more men and money. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving; mean; stingy; frugal. See { Avaricious}. [ 1913 Webster] 72 Moby Thesaurus words for " parsimonious": Lenten, Scotch, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, canny, careful, chary, cheeseparing, conserving, dwarfed, dwarfish, economic, economizing, exiguous, forehanded, frugal, frugal to excess, impoverished, jejune, labor- saving, lean, limited, meager, mean, miserly, money- saving, narrow, niggardly, overfrugal, paltry, penny- wise, penny- wise and pound- foolish, poor, provident, prudent, prudential, puny, saving, scamping, scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimp, scrimping, scrimpy, skimp, skimping, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, small, spare, sparing, starvation, stingy, stinted, stinting, straitened, stunted, subsistence, thin, thrifty, time- saving, too frugal, unnourishing, unnutritious, unwasteful, watered, watery
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