frugality
/fɹuːˈɡæləti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.52 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Near-synonyms: (usually admirable) economy, thrift, thriftiness, parsimony; (excessive degree) tightness, stinginess; (extreme degree) miserliness; see also Thesaurus:frugal, Thesaurus:stingy"
- "Your sense of honour and honesty would have led you, I know, when aware of your situation, to attempt all the economy that would appear to you possible; and, perhaps, as long as your frugality retrenched only on your own comfort, you might have been suffered to practice it, but beyond that—"
- "With the frugality that hard graft begets, his mate limited both his and her own tobacco, so he must not smoke all afternoon."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: frugalité