Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

parsimonious

 

excessively thrifty or frugal; stingy

 

It’s one thing to be careful how you spend your money and quite another to be parsimonious.

 

Related English words: parsimoniousness, parsimony

 

Latin root word: parsimonia, parsimoniae, f. - thrift, frugality

 

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