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fru⋅gal

  [froo-guhl]
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–adjective
1. economical in use or expenditure; prudently saving or sparing; not wasteful: a frugal manager.
2. entailing little expense; requiring few resources; meager; scanty: a frugal meal.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L frūgālis economical, equiv. to frūg- (s. of frūx produce, fruit ) + -ālis -al 1

Related forms:
fru⋅gal⋅i⋅ty, fru⋅gal⋅ness, noun
fru⋅gal⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. thrifty, chary, provident, careful. See economical.
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fru·gal   (frōō'gəl)   
adj.  
  1. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. See Synonyms at sparing.
  2. Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.

[Latin frūgālis, virtuous, thrifty, from frūx, frūg-, fruit, virtue.]
fru·gal'i·ty (frōō-gāl'ĭ-tē), fru'gal·ness n., fru'gal·ly adv.
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Frugality

Fru*gal"i*ty\, n.; pl. Frugalities. [L. frugalitas: cf. F. frugalit['e].]

1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; thrift; --- opposed to extravagance.

Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits. --Burke.

2. A sparing use; sparingness; as, frugality of praise.

Syn: Economy; parsimony. See Economy.
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