Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

infrugal

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-fru-gal
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not frugal; wasteful.

Example Sentences

"Now, I say, why Time should be so burthensome to such as these, or what should betray them to such infrugal Expences of it, I can give no account without making severe Reflexions on their Discretion."

Etymology

From in- + frugal.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in

Inflected Forms

more infrugal (comparative) most infrugal (superlative)

Questions

What does infrugal mean?: Not frugal; wasteful.
Where does infrugal come from?: From in- + frugal.

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