#9 New Vocabulary Word
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15962)
United States
December 9, 2017 12:40am CST
Now, I heard this word on a TV program and had to scramble to write it down, even though I didn’t really know how to spell it exactly and I had to look it up in the dictionary afterwards.
The word is: PARSIMONIOUS Pronounced: pahr si MO ni us
What does it mean?
It means stingy or miserly.
The actor on the program said: “Don’t bother asking Mrs. ___ . She’s a parsimonious lady and not likely to contribute to our fundraiser.”
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
9 Dec 17
Yes, I'm sure we all know at least one person who is parsimonious.@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
9 Dec 17
@jstory07 I have a few relatives that are parsimonious too. And a few "friends"
@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
10 Dec 17
Thanks for the info.
I bet there are a lot of parsimonious people nowadays!
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
10 Dec 17
Actually, there is a lot of generous people too. With all these natural disasters, people are helping other people in many ways. This hurricane season was really bad here. I was watching on the weather channel and some of the devastation, especially in the Caribbean is almost unbelievable. People are donating funds to help these islands.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
9 Dec 17
Oh, I knew what it meant, but I wasn't sure how to spell it. I did spell it correctly though, but I wanted to make sure.
@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
9 Dec 17
Almost like a Dicksenian word.
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@sw8sincere (5204)
• Philippines
9 Dec 17
This sounds new to me too. Now I already have a new word on my vocabulary bank. I wonder how does Parsimonious people feel like by having such attitude. Maybe they feel happy with it by being stingy and yes, I too has a family member like that. hmmm
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
9 Dec 17
It's just a nice BIG word for a little word, so we can display our intelligence.
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