frugality
pronunciation
How to pronounce frugality in British English:
UK [frʊ'ɡælətɪ]
How to pronounce frugality in American English:
US [fruˈɡælətɪ]
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- Noun:
- prudence in avoiding waste
Word Origin
- frugality (n.)
- 1530s, "economy, thriftiness," from Middle French frugalité (14c.), from Latin frugalitatem (nominative frugalitas) "thriftiness, temperance, frugality," from frugalis (see frugal).
Example
- 1. Perhaps not yet : the downturn has made frugality fashionable .
- 2. Simplicity and frugality are lifestyle choices .
- 3. In the scene , readers are introduced to an examiner with the last name of hovatter , who is practicing a form of " ascetic frugality " in his personal life , so that he can afford to take off a full year of work .
- 4. In other words , give us us frugality , but not yet .
- 5. Consider the frugality of kumi kimura .