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Nov 9, 2010
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Miscellaneous words

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vitiate
parsimonious
miry
majordomo
fatuous

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with Anu Garg

parsimonious

PRONUNCIATION:
(par-si-MO-nee-uhs)

MEANING:
adjective: Excessively sparing or frugal.

ETYMOLOGY:
From Middle English parcimony, from Latin parsimonia, from parcere (to spare). First recorded use: 1598.

USAGE:
"President Calvin Coolidge was so parsimonious with words that he became known as 'Silent Cal'."
Rob Christensen; Interesting, But Not Quite Convincing; The News & Observer (Raleigh, North Carolina); Sep 12, 2010.

See more usage examples of parsimonious in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Throw your dream into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, or a new country. -Anais Nin, author (1903-1977)

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