Frugality

Name: American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 - Frugality
Author: Noah Webster

FRUGAL’ITY, n.

1. Prudent economy; good husbandry or housewifery; a sparing use or appropriation of money or commodities; a judicious use of any thing to be expended or employed; that careful management of money or goods which expends nothing unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose; that use in which nothing is wasted. It is not equivalent to parsimony, the latter being an excess of frugality, and a fault. Frugality is always a virtue. Nor is it synonymous with thrift, in its proper sense; for thrift is the effect of frugality.

Without frugality none can become rich, and with it few would be poor.

2. A prudent and sparing use or appropriation of any thing; as frugality of praise.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Frugality," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed January 1, 2026, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3TH51UPMPXE4CM2.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Frugality." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 1 Jan. 2026. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3TH51UPMPXE4CM2.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Frugality' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 1 January 2026, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=3TH51UPMPXE4CM2.