sparingn.

Brit.

/ˈspɛːrɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈspɛ(ə)rɪŋ/

Etymology: < spare v.¹

a. The action of saving, economizing, or using with frugality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun]

sparing1377

sparingc1386

spelingc1420

parsimony?a1475

parcity1509

frugality1531

spare1577

sparingness1579

sparefulnessa1586

savingness1668

frugalness1727

spareness1826

chariness1849

c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋835 Sparyng also þat restreyneth þe delicate ease to sitte long at his mete.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 467/2 Sparynge, parcimonia.

1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Circunscribo To limite riote within the boundes of thriftie sparyng.

1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 8^v With industrie, sparing, and good husbandry, [I] did much augment it.

1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 72 Couetousnes..knowes no meane in sparing or spending.

1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 3 As too much bounty is prodigality, so too much sparing is niggardlinesse.

attributive.1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 96 Put spairing dayis and thame togidder And sa small sall ȝe tyne.1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 538 There was such store of gold and siluer in the sparing cofers of their treasurie.

b. Const. of (the thing spared).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun]

sparing1377

sparingc1386

spelingc1420

parsimony?a1475

parcity1509

frugality1531

spare1577

sparingness1579

sparefulnessa1586

savingness1668

frugalness1727

spareness1826

chariness1849

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 442 In speche and in sparynge of speche.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 287 For sparinge of a litel cost Fulofte time a man hath lost The large cote for the hod.

1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 16^v A Iack for to saw vpon, fewell for fier: for sparing of firewood.

1607 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Proverbs xi–xii 177 This sparing of speech, when men reserue themselues for fit occasions.

1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 238 We haue vsed a great kind of sparing of the victuals in the store.

c. plural. That which is saved by economy; savings.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] > thrift or economical management > product of

sparings1629

frugality1725

economy1788

1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v The Sparings of want haue euer beene held more acceptable, then the Fallings of abundance.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs xiv. 141 First Poor little sparings, then th' insatiate thirst Of Getting.

1760 Cautions & Advices to Officers of Army 124 Here is another Deduction to be made out of your Sparings.

1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life 66 The sparings for the whole week..are spent for this evening's amusement.

a. The action of leaving unhurt or uninjured, of showing mercy or forbearance, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy > having or showing

sparing1487

mercyinga1500

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 483 Thai..strak on thame forout sparing.

1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos lxii. 162 They..drewe out theyre sharpe swerdes. Thenne was there noo sparynge.

a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 181 The vertue of mekenesse kepyth the mene betwene Sparynge and vengeaunce.

c1526 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 226 I pray you be contented to give sparing to the next head Cort at Spoforth.

1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. 110 b [They] cast vpon the head of euery one of them three small buckets full, without sparing of their clothes.

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads v. 205 The Reason I laid down Was but the sparing of my horse.

1910 Daily Chron. 22 Jan. 3/2 They appear to kill all they can, leaving the sparing to some other time.

†b. Respite, delay. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]

longingeOE

bideOE

abodec1225

bodea1300

demura1300

dwella1300

litinga1300

delayc1300

delayingc1300

demurrancec1300

but honec1325

without ensoignec1325

abidec1330

dretchingc1330

dwellingc1330

essoinc1330

tarrying1340

litea1350

delaymenta1393

respitea1393

oversettinga1398

delayancea1400

delitea1400

lingeringa1400

stounding?a1400

sunyiea1400

targea1400

train?a1400

deferring14..

dilation14..

dayc1405

prolongingc1425

spacec1430

adjourningc1436

retardationc1437

prolongation?a1439

training1440

adjournment1445

sleuthingc1450

tarry1451

tarriance1460

prorogation1476

oversetc1485

tarriage1488

debaid1489

supersedement1492

superseding1494

off-putting1496

postponing1496

tract1503

dilating1509

sparinga1513

hafting1519

sufferance1523

tracking1524

sticking1525

stay1530

pause1532

protraction1535

tracting1535

protract of time1536

protracting1540

postposition1546

staying1546

procrastination1548

difference1559

surceasing1560

tardation1568

detract1570

detracting1572

tarryment1575

rejourning1578

detraction1579

longness1579

rejournment1579

holding1581

reprieving1583

cunctation1585

retarding1585

retardance1586

temporizing1587

by and by1591

suspensea1592

procrastinatinga1594

tardance1595

linger1597

forslacking1600

morrowing1602

recess1603

deferment1612

attendance1614

put-off1623

adjournal1627

fristing1637

hanging-up1638

retardment1640

dilatoriness1642

suspension1645

stickagea1647

tardidation1647

transtemporation1651

demurragea1656

prolatation1656

prolation1656

moration1658

perendination1658

offput1730

retardure1751

postponement1757

retard1781

traverse1799

tarrowing1832

mañana1845

temporization1888

procrastinativeness1893

deferral1895

traa dy liooar1897

stalling1927

heel-tapping1949

off-put1970

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxx The Mayre and the Cytezyns..desyred a sparynge of y^e Lordys tyll they myght speke w^t the Kynge.

1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xiv. f. xxxvii I pray the gyue a lytell sparynge and procede nowe to some other questyon.

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sparingadj.adv.

Brit.

/ˈspɛːrɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈspɛ(ə)rɪŋ/

Etymology: formed as sparing n.

a. Inclined to save; exercising economy or frugality in using or spending; niggard.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective]

sparingc1386

savingc1440

husbandlya1450

husbandlike1542

spareful1565

chary1570

dainty1576

partial1576

spare1577

parsimonious?1591

spary1601

scant1603

wary1605

frugala1616

spare-handed1626

squeasy1628

canny1725

scrimp1728

scrimping1823

sparesome1864

stinting1867

hard-arsed1893

the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective]

gnedec900

gripplea1000

fastOE

narrow-hearteda1200

narrow?c1225

straitc1290

chinchc1300

nithinga1325

scarcec1330

clama1340

hard1340

scantc1366

sparingc1386

niggardc1400

chinchy?1406

retentivea1450

niggardousa1492

niggish1519

unliberal1533

pinching1548

dry1552

nigh1555

niggardly1560

churlish1566

squeamish1566

niggardish1567

niggard-like1567

holding1569

spare1577

handfast1578

envious1580

close-handed1585

hard-handed1587

curmudgeonly1590

parsimonious?1591

costive1594

hidebound1598

penny-pinching1600

penurious1600

strait-handed1600

club-fisted1601

dry-fisted1604

fast-handed1605

fast-fingered1607

close-fisted1608

near1611

scanting1613

carkingc1620

illiberal1623

clutch-fisteda1634

hideboundeda1640

clutch-fista1643

clunch-fisted1644

unbounteous1645

hard-fisted1646

purse-bound1652

close1654

stingy1659

tenacious1676

scanty1692

sneaking1696

gripe-handed1698

narrow-souled1699

niggardling1704

snippy1727

unindulgent1742

shabby1766

neargoinga1774

cheesemongering1781

split-farthing1787

save-all1788

picked1790

iron-fisted1794

unhandsome1800

scaly1803

nearbegoing1805

tight1805

nippit1808

nipcheese1819

cumin-splitting1822

partan-handed1823

scrimping1823

scrumptious1823

scrimpy1825

meanly1827

skinny1833

pinchfisted1837

mean1840

tight-fisted1843

screwy1844

stinty1849

cheeseparing1857

skinflinty1886

mouly1904

mingy1911

cheapskate1912

picey1937

tight-assed1961

chintzy1964

tightwad1976

pred.

c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋633 Ye schul use the richesses..in such a maner, that men holde yow not skarce ne to sparynge.

c1400 Rom. Rose 5363 The riche men are loved ay, And namely tho that sparand bene.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 66 Sho was so sparand, at sho wolde giff nothyng..vnto pure folke.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 11 He was so couetous and sparing, that he woulde spende nothing more than he needes must.

1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. H It [sc. love] shall be sparing, and too full of ryot.

1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 51 The wise frugality that..saves to live, Sparing not pinching, mindful though not mean.

attributive.c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 245 When he was a monke, he was a passand hard man, & a sparand.1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 94 He was a very frugal and sparing man, neuer esteeming pompe or outward brauery.a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 27 A niggardly Host, and more sparing guest. 1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 261 A sparing father, and a spending son.1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania 134 I most earnestly entreat you will not delay the Supplies, nor deal them out with a sparing Hand.in extended use.1766 S. Johnson Let. 14 Jan. (1992) I. 261 The reasons good or bad which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful correspondent.

b. Observing economy or moderation, avoiding excess, in some specified respect. Const. in, of, †for, or †to (with infinitive).

ΚΠ

(a)

1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. v. 217 Nature seemes more sparing in bringing it foorth.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 151 The People..are very sparing in imposing and granting Subsidies.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) 98 The Books of Scripture..are often silent, or very sparing, in the particular Names of Fishes.

1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 154 The ancient Romans were very sparing in the use of wine.

1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 447 [She was] sparing in all she provided for herself.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 389 It was no longer necessary for the King to be sparing in the use of..his undoubted prerogative.

a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) III. ii. 71 And they, who had the power, were not sparing in the use of it.

(b)1615 J. Day Festivals 120 Giue me one that is greedy, and Covetous & to to sparing of expences.1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 55 Be sparing of your complements before his rivals.1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §34, in Wks. (1871) III. 320 I advise you to be more sparing of hard words.1758 S. Johnson Idler 15 Apr. 9 He is sparing of communication.1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline I. 33 He is as sparing of his letters as a brewer of his malt.1880 J. Ruskin Bible of Amiens (1884) i. 4 [One] neither wasteful of his time nor sparing of it.(c)1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. lxxv. 92 [He] was not sparing for any pains, in procuring that the Sentence might be favourable.1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. iii. 21 Those who talk so confidently of them, are so sparing to tell us, which they are.

a. Characterized by reticence or restraint in discourse or statement.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective]

unspeakinga1382

speechless1390

mutec1400

dumb1406

silenta1425

peaceablec1425

secretc1440

of few wordsa1500

tongue-tied1529

mum1532

closec1540

strait-laced1546

tongue-dumb1556

incommunicable1568

sparing1568

inconversable1577

retentive1599

wordless1604

mumbudget1622

uncommunicable1628

monastica1631

word-bound1644

on (also upon) the reserve1655

strait-mouthed1664

oyster-like1665

incommunicative1670

mumchance1681

speechless1726

taciturnous1727

tongue-tacked1727

monosyllabic1735

silentish1737

untalkative1739

silentious1749

buttoned-up1767

taciturn1771

close as wax1772

untittletattling1779

reticent1825

voiceless1827

say-nothing1838

unremonstrant1841

still1855

unvocal1858

inexpansive186.

short-tongued1864

non-communicating1865

tight-lipped1876

unworded1886

chup1896

tongue-bound1906

shut-mouthed1936

zip-lipped1943

shtum1958

1568 E. Dering (title) A sparing Restraint of many lauishe Vntruthes.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 184 For reuerence to some aliue I giue a sparing limit to my tongue.

1601 W. W[atson] (title) A Sparing Discoverie of our English Jesuits.

1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. vi. 364 A very sparing and reserved allegation of a great authority.

1901 Harper's Mag. 102 805/2 A certain sparing touch, with which he presents situation and character by mere statement of fact.

b. Marked by economy or frugality.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective] > relating to or marked by frugality or thrift

housewifely1528

spare1561

sparing1611

thriftful1933

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Taillé d'espargne, cut with sparing worke.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. iii. 326 To prolong to the utmost their jerked beef, by a very sparing distribution of it.

a. Small in amount, quantity, or extent; not lavish, liberal, or profuse; scanty, limited.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount

narrowOE

poor?c1225

scarce1297

straitc1386

feeblea1513

scant1556

niggardly1564

slender1564

limited1590

scanted1594

sparing1602

scantled1604

stinted1629

exiguous1630

unlavished1635

scanty1658

unprofuse1727

costivea1734

incopious1734

niggard1751

jimp1768

skimped1839

stingy1854

restricted1856

niggard-measured1881

1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing xxiii The sparing diet is the spirits feast.

1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 147 Mouthes rather large then sparing.

1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 34 The supplies from the Root being yet but slow and sparing.

1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 142 Be mindful of that sparing board, Which covers your's with luxury profuse.

1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 595 Where only the sparing use of lime is admissible, it should be used to the coping.

1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. iii. §5. 187 The sparing solubility of chloroform in water.

b. With agent-nouns: Slight, very moderate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adjective] > that does something very moderately

sparing1860

1860 S. Smiles Self-help (new ed.) x. 273 Many of our most energetic and useful workers have been but sparing readers.

1883 H. W. V. Stuart Egypt 230 He was a wonderfully sparing sleeper.

4. Forbearing; merciful, considerate.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > merciful

mild-hearteOE

orefulOE

mild-hearteda1200

merciablec1225

milcefulc1225

mildfulc1225

mildheartfulc1225

milthc1300

merciful1340

milfulc1425

sparingc1480

clement1483

misericordious1483

misericordc1485

undispiteous1598

misericorsa1600

remissful1603

clementious1632

c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 733 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 317 To god ay lowynge be, þat..sparand Is to wrak of synful.

1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. M1 Let the Traytor [printed Trayto r] die, ‘For sparing Iustice feeds iniquitie’.

1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 33 Their King..was sparing, and compassionate towards his Subjects.

1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 329 It is easy to misconstrue the debates of this House if we be not sparing one with the other.

1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xxi, in Poems 50 Black xxxxxx is na spairan: His piercin words, like Highlan swords, Divide the joints an' marrow.

5. As adv. Sparingly.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adverb]

gnedelyc1000

fastinglya1425

scantlyc1440

sparinglyc1450

husbandly1532

savingly1534

sparely1559

charily1577

frugally1597

sparing1623

stintingly1857

the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adverb] > very moderately or slightly

sparingly1576

sparily1603

sparing1623

1623 J. Penkethman tr. Cato Handful of Honesty ii. xvii Thy gaines vse sparing.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxiii. sig. M7 I will neuer censure any man,..but sparing, and with modesty.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 8 Part with it as with Money, sparing.

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单词	sparing
释义	sparingn. Brit. /ˈspɛːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈspɛ(ə)rɪŋ/ Etymology: < spare v.¹ 1. a. The action of saving, economizing, or using with frugality. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] sparing1377 sparingc1386 spelingc1420 parsimony?a1475 parcity1509 frugality1531 spare1577 spare1577 sparingness1579 sparefulnessa1586 savingness1668 frugalness1727 spareness1826 chariness1849 c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋835 Sparyng also þat restreyneth þe delicate ease to sitte long at his mete. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 467/2 Sparynge, parcimonia. 1565 T. Cooper Thesaurus at Circunscribo To limite riote within the boundes of thriftie sparyng. 1588 T. Kyd tr. T. Tasso Housholders Philos. f. 8^v With industrie, sparing, and good husbandry, [I] did much augment it. 1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 72 Couetousnes..knowes no meane in sparing or spending. 1640 Bp. J. Hall Christian Moderation i. 3 As too much bounty is prodigality, so too much sparing is niggardlinesse. attributive.1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 96 Put spairing dayis and thame togidder And sa small sall ȝe tyne.1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 538 There was such store of gold and siluer in the sparing cofers of their treasurie. b. Const. of (the thing spared). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] sparing1377 sparingc1386 spelingc1420 parsimony?a1475 parcity1509 frugality1531 spare1577 spare1577 sparingness1579 sparefulnessa1586 savingness1668 frugalness1727 spareness1826 chariness1849 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. v. 442 In speche and in sparynge of speche. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 287 For sparinge of a litel cost Fulofte time a man hath lost The large cote for the hod. 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 16^v A Iack for to saw vpon, fewell for fier: for sparing of firewood. 1607 J. Dod & R. Cleaver Plaine Expos. Proverbs xi–xii 177 This sparing of speech, when men reserue themselues for fit occasions. 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary ii. 238 We haue vsed a great kind of sparing of the victuals in the store. c. plural. That which is saved by economy; savings. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] > thrift or economical management > product of sparings1629 frugality1725 economy1788 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v The Sparings of want haue euer beene held more acceptable, then the Fallings of abundance. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs xiv. 141 First Poor little sparings, then th' insatiate thirst Of Getting. 1760 Cautions & Advices to Officers of Army 124 Here is another Deduction to be made out of your Sparings. 1866 W. D. Howells Venetian Life 66 The sparings for the whole week..are spent for this evening's amusement. 2. a. The action of leaving unhurt or uninjured, of showing mercy or forbearance, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [noun] > mercy > having or showing sparing1487 mercyinga1500 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) viii. 483 Thai..strak on thame forout sparing. 1490 W. Caxton tr. Eneydos lxii. 162 They..drewe out theyre sharpe swerdes. Thenne was there noo sparynge. a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. Secreta Secret. (Rawl.) (1898) 181 The vertue of mekenesse kepyth the mene betwene Sparynge and vengeaunce. c1526 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 226 I pray you be contented to give sparing to the next head Cort at Spoforth. 1585 T. Washington tr. N. de Nicolay Nauigations Turkie iii. 110 b [They] cast vpon the head of euery one of them three small buckets full, without sparing of their clothes. ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads v. 205 The Reason I laid down Was but the sparing of my horse. 1910 Daily Chron. 22 Jan. 3/2 They appear to kill all they can, leaving the sparing to some other time. †b. Respite, delay. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxx The Mayre and the Cytezyns..desyred a sparynge of y^e Lordys tyll they myght speke w^t the Kynge. 1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xiv. f. xxxvii I pray the gyue a lytell sparynge and procede nowe to some other questyon. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sparingadj.adv. Brit. /ˈspɛːrɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈspɛ(ə)rɪŋ/ Etymology: formed as sparing n. 1. a. Inclined to save; exercising economy or frugality in using or spending; niggard. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective] sparingc1386 savingc1440 husbandlya1450 husbandlike1542 spareful1565 chary1570 dainty1576 partial1576 spare1577 parsimonious?1591 spary1601 scant1603 wary1605 frugala1616 spare-handed1626 squeasy1628 canny1725 scrimp1728 scrimping1823 sparesome1864 stinting1867 hard-arsed1893 the mind > possession > retaining > niggardliness or meanness > [adjective] gnedec900 gripplea1000 fastOE narrow-hearteda1200 narrow?c1225 straitc1290 chinchc1300 nithinga1325 scarcec1330 clama1340 hard1340 scantc1366 sparingc1386 niggardc1400 chinchy?1406 retentivea1450 niggardousa1492 niggish1519 unliberal1533 pinching1548 dry1552 nigh1555 niggardly1560 churlish1566 squeamish1566 niggardish1567 niggard-like1567 holding1569 spare1577 handfast1578 envious1580 close-handed1585 hard-handed1587 curmudgeonly1590 parsimonious?1591 costive1594 hidebound1598 penny-pinching1600 penurious1600 strait-handed1600 club-fisted1601 dry-fisted1604 fast-handed1605 fast-fingered1607 close-fisted1608 near1611 scanting1613 carkingc1620 illiberal1623 clutch-fisteda1634 hideboundeda1640 clutch-fista1643 clunch-fisted1644 unbounteous1645 hard-fisted1646 purse-bound1652 close1654 stingy1659 tenacious1676 scanty1692 sneaking1696 gripe-handed1698 narrow-souled1699 niggardling1704 snippy1727 unindulgent1742 shabby1766 neargoinga1774 cheesemongering1781 split-farthing1787 save-all1788 picked1790 iron-fisted1794 unhandsome1800 scaly1803 nearbegoing1805 tight1805 nippit1808 nipcheese1819 cumin-splitting1822 partan-handed1823 scrimping1823 scrumptious1823 scrimpy1825 meanly1827 skinny1833 pinchfisted1837 mean1840 tight-fisted1843 screwy1844 stinty1849 cheeseparing1857 skinflinty1886 mouly1904 mingy1911 cheapskate1912 picey1937 tight-assed1961 chintzy1964 tightwad1976 pred. c1386 G. Chaucer Melibeus ⁋633 Ye schul use the richesses..in such a maner, that men holde yow not skarce ne to sparynge. c1400 Rom. Rose 5363 The riche men are loved ay, And namely tho that sparand bene. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 66 Sho was so sparand, at sho wolde giff nothyng..vnto pure folke. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 11 He was so couetous and sparing, that he woulde spende nothing more than he needes must. 1593 W. Shakespeare Venus & Adonis sig. H It [sc. love] shall be sparing, and too full of ryot. View more context for this quotation 1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 51 The wise frugality that..saves to live, Sparing not pinching, mindful though not mean. attributive.c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 245 When he was a monke, he was a passand hard man, & a sparand.1601 F. Godwin Catal. Bishops of Eng. 94 He was a very frugal and sparing man, neuer esteeming pompe or outward brauery.a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iii. i. 27 A niggardly Host, and more sparing guest. View more context for this quotation1639 J. Clarke Paroemiologia 261 A sparing father, and a spending son.1759 R. Jackson Hist. Rev. Pennsylvania 134 I most earnestly entreat you will not delay the Supplies, nor deal them out with a sparing Hand.in extended use.1766 S. Johnson Let. 14 Jan. (1992) I. 261 The reasons good or bad which have made me such a sparing and ungrateful correspondent. b. Observing economy or moderation, avoiding excess, in some specified respect. Const. in, of, †for, or †to (with infinitive). ΚΠ (a) 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies iv. v. 217 Nature seemes more sparing in bringing it foorth. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 151 The People..are very sparing in imposing and granting Subsidies. a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) 98 The Books of Scripture..are often silent, or very sparing, in the particular Names of Fishes. 1756 C. Lucas Ess. Waters i. 154 The ancient Romans were very sparing in the use of wine. 1798 S. Lee Young Lady's Tale in H. Lee Canterbury Tales II. 447 [She was] sparing in all she provided for herself. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 389 It was no longer necessary for the King to be sparing in the use of..his undoubted prerogative. a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1873) III. ii. 71 And they, who had the power, were not sparing in the use of it. (b)1615 J. Day Festivals 120 Giue me one that is greedy, and Covetous & to to sparing of expences.1683 D. A. Whole Art Converse 55 Be sparing of your complements before his rivals.1735 G. Berkeley Def. Free-thinking in Math. §34, in Wks. (1871) III. 320 I advise you to be more sparing of hard words.1758 S. Johnson Idler 15 Apr. 9 He is sparing of communication.1824 L.-M. Hawkins Annaline I. 33 He is as sparing of his letters as a brewer of his malt.1880 J. Ruskin Bible of Amiens (1884) i. 4 [One] neither wasteful of his time nor sparing of it.(c)1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. lxxv. 92 [He] was not sparing for any pains, in procuring that the Sentence might be favourable.1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding i. iii. 21 Those who talk so confidently of them, are so sparing to tell us, which they are. 2. a. Characterized by reticence or restraint in discourse or statement. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adjective] unspeakinga1382 speechless1390 mutec1400 dumb1406 silenta1425 peaceablec1425 secretc1440 of few wordsa1500 tongue-tied1529 mum1532 closec1540 strait-laced1546 tongue-dumb1556 incommunicable1568 sparing1568 inconversable1577 retentive1599 wordless1604 mumbudget1622 uncommunicable1628 monastica1631 word-bound1644 on (also upon) the reserve1655 strait-mouthed1664 oyster-like1665 incommunicative1670 mumchance1681 speechless1726 taciturnous1727 tongue-tacked1727 monosyllabic1735 silentish1737 untalkative1739 silentious1749 buttoned-up1767 taciturn1771 close as wax1772 untittletattling1779 reticent1825 voiceless1827 say-nothing1838 unremonstrant1841 still1855 unvocal1858 inexpansive186. short-tongued1864 non-communicating1865 tight-lipped1876 unworded1886 chup1896 tongue-bound1906 shut-mouthed1936 zip-lipped1943 shtum1958 1568 E. Dering (title) A sparing Restraint of many lauishe Vntruthes. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III iii. vii. 184 For reuerence to some aliue I giue a sparing limit to my tongue. View more context for this quotation 1601 W. W[atson] (title) A Sparing Discoverie of our English Jesuits. 1701 J. Norris Ess. Ideal World I. vi. 364 A very sparing and reserved allegation of a great authority. 1901 Harper's Mag. 102 805/2 A certain sparing touch, with which he presents situation and character by mere statement of fact. b. Marked by economy or frugality. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective] > relating to or marked by frugality or thrift housewifely1528 spare1561 sparing1611 thriftful1933 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Taillé d'espargne, cut with sparing worke. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. iii. 326 To prolong to the utmost their jerked beef, by a very sparing distribution of it. 3. a. Small in amount, quantity, or extent; not lavish, liberal, or profuse; scanty, limited. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > insufficiency > [adjective] > limited in quantity or amount narrowOE poor?c1225 scarce1297 straitc1386 feeblea1513 scant1556 niggardly1564 slender1564 limited1590 scanted1594 sparing1602 scantled1604 stinted1629 exiguous1630 unlavished1635 scanty1658 unprofuse1727 costivea1734 incopious1734 niggard1751 jimp1768 skimped1839 stingy1854 restricted1856 niggard-measured1881 1602 N. Breton Mothers Blessing xxiii The sparing diet is the spirits feast. 1634 T. Herbert Relation Some Yeares Trauaile 147 Mouthes rather large then sparing. 1672 N. Grew Anat. Veg. i. 34 The supplies from the Root being yet but slow and sparing. 1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 142 Be mindful of that sparing board, Which covers your's with luxury profuse. 1815 J. Smith Panorama Sci. & Art II. 595 Where only the sparing use of lime is admissible, it should be used to the coping. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. iii. §5. 187 The sparing solubility of chloroform in water. b. With agent-nouns: Slight, very moderate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adjective] > that does something very moderately sparing1860 1860 S. Smiles Self-help (new ed.) x. 273 Many of our most energetic and useful workers have been but sparing readers. 1883 H. W. V. Stuart Egypt 230 He was a wonderfully sparing sleeper. 4. Forbearing; merciful, considerate. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > compassion > [adjective] > merciful mild-hearteOE orefulOE mild-hearteda1200 merciablec1225 milcefulc1225 mildfulc1225 mildheartfulc1225 milthc1300 merciful1340 milfulc1425 sparingc1480 clement1483 misericordious1483 misericordc1485 undispiteous1598 misericorsa1600 remissful1603 clementious1632 c1480 (a1400) St. Mary of Egypt 733 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 317 To god ay lowynge be, þat..sparand Is to wrak of synful. 1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. M1 Let the Traytor [printed Trayto r] die, ‘For sparing Iustice feeds iniquitie’. View more context for this quotation 1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII 33 Their King..was sparing, and compassionate towards his Subjects. 1659 T. Burton Diary (1828) III. 329 It is easy to misconstrue the debates of this House if we be not sparing one with the other. 1786 R. Burns Holy Fair xxi, in Poems 50 Black xxxxxx is na spairan: His piercin words, like Highlan swords, Divide the joints an' marrow. 5. As adv. Sparingly. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adverb] gnedelyc1000 fastinglya1425 scantlyc1440 sparinglyc1450 husbandly1532 savingly1534 sparely1559 charily1577 frugally1597 sparing1623 stintingly1857 the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > restrained or moderate behaviour > [adverb] > very moderately or slightly sparingly1576 sparily1603 sparing1623 1623 J. Penkethman tr. Cato Handful of Honesty ii. xvii Thy gaines vse sparing. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxiii. sig. M7 I will neuer censure any man,..but sparing, and with modesty. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 8 Part with it as with Money, sparing. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1377adj.adv.c1386
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