[びんぼうしょう, binboushou] (n) destined to poverty; parsimonious spirit; tendency to be frugal; poor person's mentality (e.g. inability to relax) [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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.
[1913 Webster]
A prodigal king is nearer a tyrant than a parsimonious.
--Bacon.
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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.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Covetous; niggardly; miserly; penurious; close; saving;
mean; stingy; frugal. See {Avaricious}.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
parsimonious
adj 1: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift
relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most
penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence" [syn:
{parsimonious}, {penurious}]
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