penuriousness
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
penuriousness (uncountable)
- The quality of being penurious.
- In Dickens' A Christmas Carol, the character Ebenezer Scrooge is renowned for his penuriousness.
- 1671, Thomas Watson, The Beatitudes, page 271:
- Covetouſneſs is the root of penuriouſneſs and baſeneſs, it hinders hoſpitality;
Synonyms[edit]
- (quality of being penurious): cheapness, frugality, miserliness, thriftiness