different between parsimonious vs impecunious
parsimonious
English
Etymology
parsimony +? -ious
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /p??.s??mo??n.i.?s/
- Hyphenation: par?si?mon?i?ous
Adjective
parsimonious (comparative more parsimonious, superlative most parsimonious)
- Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal to excess.
- Synonyms: penurious, niggardly, stingy, pennywise, tight-fisted; see also Thesaurus:frugal, Thesaurus:stingy
- Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures.
- (sports) Not conceding many goals.
Translations
Further reading
- “parsimonious”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
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impecunious
English
Etymology
From im- +? pecunious, from Latin pec?ni?sus, from pec?nia (“money”) + -?sus (“full of”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /??m.p??kju?.ni.?s/, /??m.p??kju?.ni.?s/
- Rhymes: -u?ni?s
Adjective
impecunious (not comparable)
- lacking money [from 1596]
- 1875 March 25, William S. Gilbert, Trial by Jury:
- When I, good friends, was called to the bar,
- I'd an appetite fresh and hearty,
- But I was, as many young barristers are,
- An impecunious party.
- February 1896, Ground-swells, by Jeannette H. Walworth, published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine; page 183:
- "Then what became of her?"
- "Her? Which 'her'? The park is full of 'hers.'"
- "The lady with the green feathers in her hat. A big Gainsborough hat. I am quite sure it was Miss Hartuff."
- "Not improbably. I presume she does sometimes take the air. And possibly she may be the happy owner of a Gainsborough hat with green feathers."
- "Don't be frivolous, please. She was in that victoria."
- "Then perhaps she was too impecunious to drive both ways."
- 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, "Leave it to Jeeves" in My Man Jeeves:
- [I]t would be a simple matter, sir, to find some impecunious author who would be glad to do the actual composition of the volume for a small fee.
- 1875 March 25, William S. Gilbert, Trial by Jury:
Synonyms
- (lacking money): poor, penniless
- See also Thesaurus:impoverished
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