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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-853/
- Published: 2022-05-31T18:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-03-28T18:10:59.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-16 23:04

The word for today is…

parsimonious (adjective):

1 : exhibiting or marked by parsimony – especially frugal to the point of stinginess  
2 : sparing, restrained

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/parsimonious?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : English isn’t stingy when it comes to synonyms of parsimonious. Stingy, close, penurious, and miserly are a few terms that, like parsimonious, suggest an unwillingness to share with others. Stingy implies a marked lack of generosity, whereas close suggests keeping a tight grip on one’s money and possessions. Penurious implies frugality that gives an appearance of actual poverty, and miserly suggests avariciousness and a morbid pleasure in hoarding. Parsimonious usually suggests an extreme frugality that borders on stinginess. Middle English parcimony, borrowed from Latin parsimonia, from pars-, perfect stem of parcere “to act sparingly, be thrifty (with), refrain from” (of uncertain origin).

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