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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: frugal adj : 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}, {scotch}, {sparing}, {stinting}]
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