Definitions for parsimony

parsimony par·si·mo·ny

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

Parsimony is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 613 anagrams from letters in parsimony (aimnoprsy).

Definitions for parsimony

noun

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

Origin of parsimony

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 parsimony

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Word Value for parsimony
Scrable

16

Words with friends

18

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