Today's Word "parsimony"
Sparingness in the expenditure of money
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Published in Vocabulary
parsimony \PAHR-suh-moe-nee\ (noun) - Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money; -- generally in a bad sense; excessive frugality.
"While Jenny never spent more than was necessary on anything, her economy wasn't so much a sign of parsimony but an almost instinctive sense of measure."
Parsimony comes from Latin from Latin parsimonia, from parsus, past participle of parcere, to spare + the suffix -monia. One who exhibits parsimony is parsimonious.