Dictionary Entry
parsimonious
parsimonious is a 12-letter English word with 2 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 20 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
12 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 20 · 2 senses
Definitions
- 1adjective
Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy.
- 2adjective
excessively unwilling to spend
"parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"
"lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"
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