early 15c., from Latin parsimonia "sparingness, frugality, thrift," from pars-, past participle stem of parcere "to spare, save, refrain from, use moderately" (which is said to be unrelated to Latin parvus "small," parum "too little") + -monia, suffix signifying action, state, or condition.
例文
1. A classic example comes from comedian Jack Benny,famous for his parsimony .
ケチで知られるコメディアン、ジャック?バニー.
2.Due to official parsimony only the one machine was built.
公式がけちすぎるため、その機械だけが製造された。
3.Capitals are increased by parsimony ,and diminished by prodigality and misconduct.
倹約は資本を成長させ、浪費と運用の不適切は資本を減少させる。
4.Combined with the human tyrosinase gene sequence,the gene tree was constructed using parsimony method.
は、発表されたヒトの配列を結合し、簡略法で遺伝子ツリーを構築した。
5.Occasional visitors could be forgiven for thinking parsimony is a typically German trait.