parsimonious

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˌpɑrsəˈmoʊniəs/ UK /ˌpɑːsɪˈməʊniəs/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
unwilling to spend money or resources; excessively frugal

His parsimonious habits meant he reused every envelope twice.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · unwilling to spend money or... stingy miserly frugalpenny-pinchingtightfistedniggardly ungenerous

Opposites

generous lavish extravagant prodigal liberal

Word family

Derived forms parsimoniouslyparsimoniousness

Related forms parsimony sparing

Etymology

From Latin parsimonia 'thrift, frugality', from parsus, past participle of parcere 'to spare, refrain from', plus the suffix -ous.

parsimonia Latin parcere Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# parsimonious

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

## Meanings
1. unwilling to spend money or resources; excessively frugal

## Examples
- His parsimonious habits meant he reused every envelope twice.

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

## Antonyms
- generous
- lavish
- extravagant
- prodigal
- liberal

## Derived Forms
- parsimoniously
- parsimoniousness

## Related Forms
- parsimony
- sparing

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: parsimonia
- Root: parcere

## Etymology
From Latin parsimonia 'thrift, frugality', from parsus, past participle of parcere 'to spare, refrain from', plus the suffix -ous.

## AI Etymology
Parsimonious is from Latin parsimonia 'thrift, frugality', from parsus, past participle of parcere 'to spare, refrain from', plus the suffix -ous. Important recorded forms include parsimonia (Latin) and parcere (Latin). The modern sense follows that older lexical line closely. In current use it covers unwilling to spend money or resources; excessively frugal. The wider family includes derived forms such as parsimoniously and parsimoniousness and related words such as parsimony and sparing.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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