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fru·gal  audio  (frgl) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:
  1. Practicing or marked by economy, as in the expenditure of money or the use of material resources. See Synonyms at sparing.
  2. Costing little; inexpensive: a frugal lunch.
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin frglis, virtuous, thrifty, from frx, frg-, fruit, virtue

OTHER FORMS:
fru·gali·ty  (fr-gl-t) KEY  or frugal·ness(Noun), frugal·ly(Adverb)


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