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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. avoiding waste;
- Example: "an economical meal"
- Example: "an economical shopper"
- Example: "a frugal farmer"
- Example: "a frugal lunch"
- Example: "a sparing father and a spending son"
- Example: "sparing in their use of heat and light"
- Example: "stinting in bestowing gifts"
- Example: "thrifty because they remember the great Depression"
- Example: "`scotch' is used only informally";
[syn: economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stinting]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

frugal
    adj 1: 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]