frugal
adjective/ˈfruːɡl/
/ˈfruːɡl/
- using only as much money or food as is necessary
- a frugal existence/life
- The monks lead a frugal existence in their isolated monastery.
- He has always been hard-working and frugal.
- a frugal Methodist background
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- (of meals) small, plain and not costing very much synonym meagre
- a frugal lunch of bread and cheese
Word Originmid 16th cent.: from Latin frugalis, from frugi ‘economical, thrifty’, from frux, frug- ‘fruit’.
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