English-Thai Dictionary

parsimony

N ความตระหนี่  ความ ขี้เหนียว  stinginess meaness lavishness kwam-tre-ne

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

PARSIMONY

n.[L. parsimonia, from parcus, saving, literally close; Eng. park. ] Closeness or sparingness in the use or expenditure of money; sometimes used perhaps in a good sense, implying due or justifiable caution in expenditure, in which sense it differs little from frugality and economy. More generally, it denotes an excessive caution or closeness; in which case, it is allied to covetousness, but it implies less meanness than niggardliness. It generally implies some want of honorable liberality. The ways to enrich are many; parsimony is one of the best, and yet is not innocent, for it withholdeth men from works of liberality.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PARSIMONY

Par "si *mo *ny, n. Etym: [L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf. parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie. ]

 

Defn: 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

parsimony

par si mo ny |ˈpärsəˌmōnē ˈpɑrsəˌmoʊni | ▶noun extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources: a great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony. PHRASES principle (or law ) of parsimony the scientific principle that things are usually connected or behave in the simplest or most economical way, esp. with reference to alternative evolutionary pathways. Compare with Occam's razor. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin parsimonia, parcimonia, from parcere ‘be sparing. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

parsimony

parsimony |ˈpɑːsɪməni | ▶noun [ mass noun ] extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources: a great tradition of public design has been shattered by government parsimony. PHRASES principle (or law ) of parsimony the scientific principle that things are usually connected or behave in the simplest or most economical way, especially with reference to alternative evolutionary pathways. Compare with Occam's razor. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin parsimonia, parcimonia, from parcere ‘be sparing ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

parsimony

parsimony noun the parsimony of her grandparents had embittered her against the elderly: cheapness, miserliness, meanness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, close-fistedness, closeness, penny-pinching; informal stinginess, minginess, tightness, tightfistedness, cheeseparing; formal penuriousness.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

parsimony

parsimony noun meanness, miserliness, parsimoniousness, niggardliness, close-fistedness, closeness, penuriousness, penny-pinching, cheese-paring, illiberality, frugality; informal stinginess, minginess, tightness, tight-fistedness; N. Amer. cheapness; archaic nearness. ANTONYMS generosity.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

parsimony

par si mo ny /pɑ́ː r səmòʊni |-sɪməni /名詞 U ｟かたく ｠けち, 出し惜しみ ; (極度の )倹約, 節約 .