Hypertext Webster Gateway: "parsimoniousness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious.
--Bacon.
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.
Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving;
mean; stingy; frugal. See {Avaricious}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
parsimoniousness
n 1: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily [syn: {parsimony}, {thrift}, {penny-pinching}]
2: extreme stinginess [syn: {meanness}, {minginess}, {niggardliness},
{niggardness}, {parsimony}, {tightness}, {tightfistedness},
{closeness}]
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