Pär'si-mo-ny, n.

(50), n. [Lat. parsimonia, parcimonia, from parcere, to spare; It. & Sp. parsimonia, Fr. parcimonie.] Closeness or sparingness in the expenditure of money or means; — generally in a bad sense, excessive economy; closeness; illiberality.

The ways to enrich are many; parsimony is one of the best, and yet is not innocent, for it withholdeth men from works of liberality. Bacon.

SYN. — Economy; frugality; covetousness; closeness; illiberality. See ECONOMY.