frugality
[froo-gal-i-tee]
- the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
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Also fru·gal·ness [froo-guh l-nis] /ˈfru gəl nɪs/.
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Contemporary Examples
Frugality: Blame it on having parents bought up during World War II.
Counsel for respondent has recalled to us the virtues of self-reliance and frugality.
Historical Examples
Frugality is not only the basis of quiet, but of beneficence.
Self-HelpSamuel Smiles
Frugality and industry will go a great way towards indemnifying us.
Benjamin FranklinPaul Elmer More
She had to put the screw on herself to outdo him in frugality.
Love and LucyMaurice Henry Hewlett
Since the world began, industry and frugality have been rewarded by wealth.
Watch Yourself Go ByAl. G. Field
Lucullus, when frugality could charm, Had roasted turnips in the Sabine farm.
Essay on ManAlexander Pope
Word Origin and History for frugality
n.
1530s, from Middle French frugalité (14c.), from Latin frugalitatem (nominative frugalitas) "thriftiness, temperance, frugality," from frugalis (see frugal).
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