Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Sparingness.Cotgrave.
- noun Sparseness; paucity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Sparingless.
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- noun obsolete
sparingness
Etymologies
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Latin parcitas, from parcus sparing.
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biocon commented on the word parcity
Oxford English Dictionary defines parcity to be 1. sparingness, frugality; 2. inadequacy; 3. smallness.
September 5, 2011
bilby commented on the word parcity
This town is full of very average golfers.
September 5, 2011