Definitions for parsimonious

parsimonious par·si·mo·ni·ous

Spelling: [pahr-suh-moh-nee-uh s]
IPA: /ˌpɑr səˈmoʊ ni əs/

Parsimonious is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 935 anagrams from letters in parsimonious (aiimnooprssu).

Definitions for parsimonious

adjective

  1. characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.

Origin of parsimonious

First recorded in 1590-1600; parsimon(y) + -ious

Examples for parsimonious

The Earl of Buchan was the very pink of parsimonious patrons.

He is not parsimonious, but his instincts and habits have been prudent.

It promises to be a parsimonious solution to the age-old problem of preventing unwanted pregnancies.

The U.S. will never be as parsimonious with energy as a Scandinavian country.

I bear some responsibility for moving the party of the parsimonious and prudent use of force to “all war all the time.”

There was nothing exclusive, or shrinking, or parsimonious in Frances Blondell.

My father, I know, is parsimonious, but he sincerely loved his children.

But he was bitter and satirical, irritable, parsimonious, and vain.

And being of New England, he would always be parsimonious with flatteries.

He would never ask her to be parsimonious,—never even to be economical.

Word Value for parsimonious
Scrable

16

Words with friends

20

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