frugal
31frugal — Synonyms and related words: Lenten, Scotch, Spartan, abstemious, ascetic, austere, budget, canny, careful, chary, cheap, cheeseparing, conservational, conservative, conserving, discreet, dwarfed, dwarfish, easy, economic, economical, economizing …
32frugal — [16] Paradoxically, frugal comes from a source that meant ‘fruitful’. English borrowed it from Latin frūgālis, which was derived from the adjective frūgī ‘useful’. This in turn was the dative case of the noun frūx ‘fruit, value’, which came from… …
33frugal — adjective 1) a hard working, frugal woman Syn: thrifty, economical, careful, cautious, prudent, provident, unwasteful, sparing, scrimping; abstemious, abstinent, austere, self denying, ascetic, monkish, spartan; parsimonious …
34frugal — [16] Paradoxically, frugal comes from a source that meant ‘fruitful’. English borrowed it from Latin frūgālis, which was derived from the adjective frūgī ‘useful’. This in turn was the dative case of the noun frūx ‘fruit, value’, which came from… …
35frugal — adjective Etymology: Middle French or Latin; Middle French, from Latin frugalis virtuous, frugal, from frug , frux fruit, value; akin to Latin frui to enjoy Date: 1590 characterized by or reflecting economy in the use of resources Synonyms: see… …
36frugal — anspruchslos, ärmlich, armselig, bescheiden, einfach, genügsam, karg, kärglich, kümmerlich, puritanisch, schlicht, spärlich, spartanisch; (abwertend): dürftig; (oft abwertend): primitiv, simpel; (ugs. abwertend): mickrig, popelig; (landsch.):… …
37frugal — fru·ga̲l Adj; geschr; einfach und nicht besonders schmackhaft ≈ karg, bescheiden ↔ üppig, reichhaltig <meist ein Mahl, frugal speisen> …
38frugal — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. prudent, saving, provident, thrifty; sparing, stinting. See economy. Ant., spendthrift. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Not wasteful] Syn. thrifty, saving, prudent, parsimonious; see careful , economical …
39frugal — fru|gal <über fr. frugal »einfach, sparsam, mäßig« aus lat. frugalis »nutzbar, sparsam«, dies aus frugi »tauglich, brav«, eigtl. Dativ von lat. frux, Gen. frugis »Frucht, Tauglichkeit«>: 1. einfach (von Speisen). 2. (ugs. fälschlich) üppig …
40frugal — fru|gal [ frugl ] adjective 1. ) spending very little money and only on things that are really necessary 2. ) a frugal meal is simple, inexpensive, and not very big ╾ fru|gal|i|ty [ fru gæləti ] noun uncount ╾ fru|gal|ly adverb …
