plural of Parsi

A member of the larger of the two Zoroastrian communities of the Indian subcontinent.

Of, or pertaining to, the Zoroastrian community of the Indian subcontinent.

Great reluctance to spend money unnecessarily. / (by extension) The quality or characteristic of using the fewest resources or explanations to solve a problem.

Exhibiting parsimony; sparing in the expenditure of money; frugal to excess. / Using a minimal number of assumptions, steps, or conjectures. / (sports) Not conceding many goals.

(uncountable) The act or process in which an agent (person or computer) parses something (a text, a program). / (countable) An instance of that act or process; a parse.

present participle of parse

In a parsimonious manner.

The state or condition of being parsimonious.

The Parsi sect of Zoroastrianism