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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 -al¹

]

—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 Audio Help (frōō'gəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. See Synonyms at sparing.
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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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
frugal

1598, from M.Fr. frugal, from L. frugalis, from undeclined adj. frugi "economical, useful, proper," originally dat. of frux (pl. fruges) "fruit, profit, value," related to fructus (see fruit). Sense evolved in L. from "useful" to "profitable" to "economical."

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frugal
adjective
avoiding waste; "an economical meal"; "an economical shopper"; "a frugal farmer"; "a frugal lunch"; "a sparing father and a spending son"; "sparing in their use of heat and light"; "stinting in bestowing gifts"; "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"; "'scotch' is used only informally" [syn: economical]

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Frugal

Fru"gal\, a. [L. frugalis, fr. frugi, lit., for fruit; hence, fit for food, useful, proper, temperate, the dative of frux, frugis, fruit, akin to E. fruit: cf. F. frugal. See Fruit, n.]

1. Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.; characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time.

I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. --Milton.

2. Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune. "Frugal fare." --Dryden.

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