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parsimonious adjective mean, stingy, penny-pinching (informal), miserly, near (informal), saving, sparing, grasping, miserable, stinting, frugal, niggardly, penurious, tightfisted, close-fisted, tight-arse (taboo slang), mingy (Brit. informal), tight-ass (U.S. taboo slang), tight-assed (U.S. taboo slang), cheeseparing, skinflinty, snoep (S. African informal), tight as a duck's arse (taboo slang) the stereotype of the dour and parsimonious Scotsman generous, lavish, extravagant, wasteful, open-handed, spendthrift, munificent Translations parsimonious [ˌpɑːrsɪˈməʊniəs] adj → parcimonieux/euse parsimonious adj → geizig parsimonious [ˌpɑːsɪˈməʊnɪəs] adj → parsimonioso/a parsimonious [ˌpɑːsɪˈməʊnɪəs] adj → parsimonioso/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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But as it is wholesome that the parsimonious public should know what has been doing, and still is doing, in this connexion, I mention here that everything set forth in these pages concerning the Court of Chancery is substantially true, and within the truth. So completely did I break with my parsimonious past that I sent word home to my mother to call in the boys of the neighbourhood and give to them all my collections. He was, I had discovered, parsimonious about small expenditures-- a trait absolutely inconsistent with his general character. |
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