Frū'gal, a.

a. [Lat. frugalis, from frugi, fit for food, useful, proper, temperate; Fr. & Sp. frugal, It. frugale.] Economical in the use or appropriation of resources; saving unnecessary expense, or any thing else which is to be used or consumed; wise in the expenditure or application of force, materials, and the like; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal housekeeper; frugal of time.

I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such disproportions. Milton.