Define par si mo ny

I invited some folks to join my Tribe.net tribe and someone responded with this word in a sentence.

"You know the need for parsimony in my life" I thought to myself, people in Goose Creek SC do not use BIG words like dat. I dont even know whatz dat meanz.... Lucky for me Websters Online helped me wit it.


Main Entry: par si mo ny
Pronunciation: 'pär-s&-"mO-nE
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English parcimony, from Latin parsimonia, from parsus, past participle of parcere to spare
1 a : the quality of being careful with money or resources : THRIFT b : the quality or state of being stingy
2 : economy in the use of means to an end; especially : economy of explanation in conformity with Occam's razor