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Russian
Pronunciation
Noun
скопидо́мство • (skopidómstvo) n inan (genitive скопидо́мства, nominative plural скопидо́мства, genitive plural скопидо́мств)
- parsimony
1846, Фёдор Достоевский [Fyodor Dostoevsky], Господин Прохарчин; English translation from Constance Garnett, transl., Mr. Prohartchin, 1918:Пе́рвое, на что обрати́ли внима́ние, бы́ло, без сомне́ния, скопидо́мство и ска́редность Семё́на Ива́новича.- Pérvoje, na što obratíli vnimánije, býlo, bez somnénija, skopidómstvo i skárednostʹ Semjóna Ivánoviča.
- The first thing they noticed was the unmistakable parsimony and niggardliness of Semyon Ivanovitch.
Declension