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 \
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a . [
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F .
parcimonieux .
See {
Parsimony }.]
Exhibiting parsimony ;
sparing in expenditure of money ;
frugal to excess ;
penurious ;
niggardly ;
stingy . --
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adv . -- {
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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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