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par·si·mo·ny
\ˈ ̷ ̷səˌmōnē, -ni, Brit usually & US sometimes -sə̇mən-\ noun
(-es)
Etymology: Middle English parcimony, from Latin parsimonia, from parsus (past participle of parcere to spare); perhaps akin to Greek porkēs hoop around the joint of a spearhead and its shaft, Armenian ors fishnet
1.
a. : carefulness in the expenditure of money or resources : thrift
< not a single institution appropriate to an economy of parsimony will remain unaltered in an economy of surplus — Lewis Mumford >
b. : closeness in such expenditure; specifically : reprehensively excessive frugality : niggardliness, stinginess
< despised for their sordid parsimony — G.E.Fussell >
2. : economy in the use of a specific means to an end:
a. : economy of assumption in reasoning or ascription of existence — used chiefly in the phrase law of parsimony; compare ockham's razor
b. : animal or human economy (as of pain or effort) in seeking pleasure or gain |