'Frugal' definitions:
Definition of 'frugal'
(from WordNet)
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, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting]
Definition of 'Frugal'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune. "Frugal fare." --Dryden. [1913 Webster]