meanness, minginess, niggardliness, niggardness, parsimony, parsimoniousness, tightness, tightfistedness, closeness
(noun) extreme stinginess
parsimony, parsimoniousness, thrift, penny-pinching
(noun) extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Source: WordNet® 3.1
parsimony (usually uncountable, plural parsimonies)
Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily.
Synonyms: stinginess, frugality, economy, Thesaurus:stingy, Thesaurus:frugal
(by extension) The principle of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem.
Source: Wiktionary
Par"si*mo*ny, n. Etym: [L. parsimonia, parcimonia; cf. parcere to spare, parsus sparing: cf. F. parcimonie.]
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 June 2025
(noun) a decrease in the density of something; “a sound wave causes periodic rarefactions in its medium”
The Boston Tea Party helped popularize coffee in America. The hefty tea tax imposed on the colonies in 1773 resulted in America switching from tea to coffee. In the lead up to the Revolutionary War, it became patriotic to sip java instead of tea. The Civil War made the drink more pervasive. Coffee helped energize tired troops, and drinking it became an expression of freedom.
