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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
fru·gal       [froo-guhl] Pronunciation Key
–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       (frōō'gəl)  Pronunciation Key 
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

noun
prudence in avoiding waste 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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