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ethos

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n. The disposition, character, or fundamental values peculiar to a specific person, people, culture, or movement: "They cultivated a subversive alternative ethos" Anthony Burgess.

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insidious

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–adjective
1. intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.
2. stealthily treacherous or deceitful: an insidious enemy.
3. operating or proceeding in an inconspicuous or seemingly harmless way but actually with grave effect: an insidious disease.
Origin:
1535–45; < L insidiōsus deceitful, equiv. to insidi(ae) (pl.) an ambush (deriv. of insidēre to sit in or on) + -ōsus -ous

Related forms:
in⋅sid⋅i⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
in⋅sid⋅i⋅ous⋅ness, noun

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parsimonious

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–adjective
characterized by or showing parsimony; frugal or stingy.
Origin:
1590–1600; parsimon(y) + -ious

Related forms:
par⋅si⋅mo⋅ni⋅ous⋅ly, adverb
par⋅si⋅mo⋅ni⋅ous⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
tight, close, niggardly, miserly, illiberal, mean, penurious; avaricious, covetous.

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parsimony

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par⋅si⋅mo⋅ny
  /ˈpɑrsəˌmoʊni/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [pahr-suh-moh-nee] Show IPA
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–noun
extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME parcimony < L parsimōnia, parcimōnia frugality, thrift, equiv. to parsi- (comb. form of parsus, ptp. of parcere to economize) or parci- (comb. form of parcus sparing) + -mōnia -mony

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fecundity

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–noun
1. the quality of being fecund; capacity, esp. in female animals, of producing young in great numbers.
2. fruitfulness or fertility, as of the earth.
3. the capacity of abundant production: fecundity of imagination.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME < L fēcunditās fruitfulness, fertility. See fecund, -ity