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par·si·mo·ny    Audio Help   [pahr-suh-moh-nee] Pronunciation Key
–noun
extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
[Origin: 1400–50; late ME parcimony < L parsimōnia, parcimōnia frugality, thrift, equiv. to parsi- (comb. form of parsus, ptp. of parcere to economize) or parci- (comb. form of parcus sparing) + -mōnia -mony]
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