pismirism UK /ˈpɪs.maɪ.ə.ɹɪ.zəm/US /ˈpɪs.maɪ(ə)ˌɹɪ.zəm/ noun1 •(rare) Hoarding of money; frugality.Not to Mrs. Russell Sage, who is still busy thinking how to unload the mass of money piled up by the late Mr. Sage in the course of a life of parsimonious pismirism. — 1906