cheeseparing

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈtʃiːzˌpɛrɪŋ/ UK /ˈtʃiːzˌpeərɪŋ/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
excessively careful with money; stingy or miserly

His cheeseparing habits meant the heating was never once turned on.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · excessively careful with... stingy miserly parsimonious niggardlypenny-pinchingtightfistedfrugal

Opposites

generous lavish extravagantopenhanded

Word family

Related forms cheese pareparing

Etymology

A compound of cheese + paring, from the practice of scraping off the rind of cheese to save the smallest scraps, hence figurative for excessive economy. Pare is from Old French parer ('to trim'), from Latin parāre ('to prepare').

parer Old French parāre Latin

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Topics

Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# cheeseparing

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈtʃiːzˌpɛrɪŋ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈtʃiːzˌpeərɪŋ/

## Meanings
1. excessively careful with money; stingy or miserly

## Examples
- His cheeseparing habits meant the heating was never once turned on.

## Synonyms
- stingy
- miserly
- parsimonious
- niggardly
- penny-pinching
- tightfisted
- frugal

## Antonyms
- generous
- lavish
- extravagant
- openhanded

## Related Forms
- cheese
- pare
- paring

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: parer
- Root: parāre

## Etymology
A compound of cheese + paring, from the practice of scraping off the rind of cheese to save the smallest scraps, hence figurative for excessive economy. Pare is from Old French parer ('to trim'), from Latin parāre ('to prepare').

## AI Etymology
Cheeseparing is an adjective and noun meaning "excessively careful with money; stingy or miserly". Historically, it is a compound of cheese + paring, from the practice of scraping off the rind of cheese to save the smallest scraps, hence figurative for excessive economy. Pare is from Old French parer ('to trim'), from Latin parāre ('to prepare'). The visible construction is part of the etymology: cheeseparing is not just an unanalyzed simple word. The historical chain links Old French parer with Latin parāre. Close English family members include cheese, pare, and paring.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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