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Pronunciation / Transliteration: insæk-ham
"그의 인색함은 지나칠 정도였다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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Extreme unwillingness to spend money or use resources; frugality.
"The millionaire's parsimony was legendary, refusing to heat his house in the winter."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin parsimonia, from parcere 'to spare'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "parsimony" is said worldwide
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parsimonie
Transliteration: parsimonie
"Il gère son argent avec une grande parsimonie."
Parsimonie
Transliteration: Parsimonie
"Seine Parsimonie grenzte an Geiz."
parsimonia
Transliteration: parsimonia
"Viveva con grande parsimonia."
parsimonia
Transliteration: parsimonia
"Gastaba el dinero con parsimonia."
parcimônia
Transliteration: parcimônia
"Ele gasta seus recursos com parcimônia."
कंजूसी
Transliteration: kanjoosi
"उसकी कंजूसी पूरे शहर में मशहूर थी।"
吝啬
Transliteration: lìnsè
"他对金钱的吝啬是出了名的。"
인색함
Transliteration: insæk-ham
"그의 인색함은 지나칠 정도였다."
物惜しみ
Transliteration: monoshimi
"彼の物惜しみする性格は有名だ。"
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