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Parsimonious Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ous

Parsimonious has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Adjective
1

excessively unwilling to spend

"parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"

"lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

2

Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal to excess.

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Rhyming Words
ous lous pous vous sous yous nous tous eous uous ious bous hous pious anous thous chous aneous mucous famous
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