Definitions for parsimonies

parsimonies par·si·mo·ny

Spelling: [pahr-suh-moh-nee]
IPA: /ˈpɑr səˌmoʊ ni/

Parsimonies is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 1263 anagrams from letters in parsimonies (aeiimnoprss).

Definitions for parsimonies

noun

  1. extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.

Origin of parsimonies

1400-50; late Middle English parcimony Latin parsimōnia, parcimōnia frugality, thrift, equivalent to parsi- (combining form of parsus, past participle of parcere to economize) or parci- (comb

Examples for parsimonies

What is the cause of this parsimony of the liberty which you dole out to the people?

But with the operations of magic Rodogune had delighted to supersede the parsimony of nature.

parsimony was her great virtue, and a power of saving her strong point.

It is not parsimony or unwillingness to give, but a disposition to save.

Mre charged Pop with parsimony and he charged her with recklessness.

And yet you call us rebels, and accuse us of meanness and of parsimony.

I plead for the "law of parsimony," and the economizing of energy.

parsimony was a fixed trait of her character; she could not help it.

The family lived with a contradictory sense of parsimony and indulgence, “both beyond and below our means.”

I had often heard of the thrift and parsimony of Herr Oppovich's household.

Word Value for parsimonies
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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