Parsimonious dictionaries
Right. I know I should know this word, but I don't. Thank goodness for online dictionaries.
I type it out, checking my spelling: p-a-r-s-i-m-o-n-i-o-u-s. Ah! The virtual wonder recognises that which I do not.
It dutifully informs me that parsimonious is pronounced [pahr-suh-moh-nee-uhs]. And, should I not understand this, I can even click on a speaker icon to hear it out loud. Even more thrilling: parsimonious is an adjective, its origin between 1590 and 1600.
Not why I'm here though. Amongst these frivolities, I finally find the definition.
parsimonious, -adj: characterized or showing parsimony
Uhhhh huh. Thank you, online dictionary, for clearing up the matter. Your insightful definition does not require me to now look up parsimony, further deepening my profound feelings of stupidity. Of course not, because you're a generous online dictionary, with no limit to the amount of information you can hold. Not parsimonious at all.
(Which, I finally find out, means stingy.)