penny-wise
English
adj
Definitions
- Thrifty in regards to small amounts of money.
Etymology
Compound from English penny + English wise (way, manner, knowledgeable).
Origin
English
wise
Gloss
way, manner, knowledgeable
Concept
Semantic Field
Cognition
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afterwise English
- airwise English
- catchpenny English
- cop-wise English
- copwise English
- eighteenpenny English
- eightpenny English
- elevenpenny English
- fifteenpenny English
- firewise English
- fivepenny English
- fortypenny English
- fourpenny English
- fourteenpenny English
- halfpenny English
- lickpenny English
- megapenny English
- ninepenny English
- nowise English
- overwise English
- pennied English
- penniless English
- penny English
- penny ante English
- penny university English
- penny-ante English
- pennycress English
- pennyweight English
- pennywhistle English
- pennywise English
- pennywort English
- pennyworth English
- pickpenny English
- pinchpenny English
- pitchpenny English
- righteous English
- sevenpenny English
- sixpenny English
- sixteenpenny English
- tenpenny English
- thirteenpenny English
- thirtypenny English
- threepenny English
- twalpenny English
- twelvepenny English
- twentypenny English
- twopenny English
- unwise English
- way-wise English
- wisdom English
- wise English
- wise-hearted English
- wiseass English
- wisecrack English
- wisehead English
- wisehood English
- wiselike English
- wiseling English
- wisely English
- wisen English
- wiseness English
- wizard English
- workwise English
- worldlywise English
- worldwise English
- penny French
- пенни Russian
- ペニー Japanese
- peni Middle English
- wis Middle English
- penni Norman
- pénîn Norman
- peni Swahili
- wise
- penny
- wisen
- unwise
- wisdom
- wisely
- nowise
- wizard
- copwise
- pennied
- airwise
- wiseass
- cop-wise
- workwise
- twopenny
- wisehead
- firewise
- wiselike
- tenpenny
- sixpenny
- wisehood
- way-wise
- overwise
- wiseling
- wiseness
- wisecrack
- pickpenny
- halfpenny
- worldwise
- megapenny
- righteous
- penniless
- ninepenny
- twalpenny
- lickpenny
- fourpenny
- pennywise
- afterwise
- fivepenny
- pennywort
- catchpenny
- pinchpenny
- pennyworth
- eightpenny
- fortypenny
- pitchpenny
- penny-ante
- threepenny
- pennycress
- sevenpenny
- penny ante
- pennyweight
- worldlywise
- twelvepenny
- twentypenny
- elevenpenny
- thirtypenny
- wise-hearted
- fifteenpenny
- pennywhistle
- sixteenpenny
- eighteenpenny
- thirteenpenny
- fourteenpenny
- penny university