parsimony
Submitted by Guus on Sun, 04/01/2007 - 1:42pm
the taking of extreme care at arriving at a course of action; or unusual or excessive frugality, extreme economy or stinginess. The word derives from Middle English parcimony, from Latin parsimonia, from parsus, past participle of parcere: to spare.
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