Definition: parsimonious

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

parsimonious
     adj : excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift
           relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most
           penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"
           [syn: penurious]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Parsimonious \Par`si*mo"ni*ous\, a. [Cf. F. parcimonieux. See
   Parsimony.]
   Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in expenditure of money; frugal
   to excess; penurious; niggardly; stingy. --
   Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Par`si*mo"ni*ous*ness, n.

         A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious.
                                                  --Bacon.

         Extraordinary funds for one campaign may spare us the
         expense of many years; whereas a long, parsimonious war
         will drain us of more men and money.     --Addison.

   Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving;
        mean; stingy; frugal. See Avaricious.