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frugality

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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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Word Origin & History

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."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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