PARSIMONY

Par″si‐mo‐ny (?), n. [[L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf. parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie.]] Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; — generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality; niggardliness. Bacon. Awful parsimony presided generally at the table. Thackeray. Syn. — Economy; frugality; illiberality; covetousness; closeness; stinginess. See Economy.