frugal : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: frugal	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for frugal
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [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" Synonym(s): economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting
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. [bd]Frugal fare.[b8] --Dryden.