Hypertext Webster Gateway: "parsimony"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

Awful parsimony presided generally at the table.
--Thackeray.

Syn: Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness;
closeness; stinginess. See {Economy}.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

parsimony
n 1: extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money
unnecessarily [syn: {parsimoniousness}, {thrift}, {penny-pinching}]
2: extreme stinginess [syn: {meanness}, {minginess}, {niggardliness},
{niggardness}, {parsimoniousness}, {tightness}, {tightfistedness},
{closeness}]

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