frugalityn.
/fruːˈɡalᵻti/, U.S. /fruˈɡælədi/ a. The quality of being frugal; moderate or sparing expenditure or use of provisions, goods, etc.
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the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun]
sparing1377
sparingc1386
spelingc1420
parsimony?a1475
parcity1509
frugality1531
spare1577
spare1577
sparingness1579
sparefulnessa1586
savingness1668
frugalness1727
spareness1826
chariness1849
1531 T. Elyot Bk. named Gouernour iii. xxi. sig. fiv The auncient temperaunce and moderation in diete called sobrietie; or in a more general terme frugalite.
a1568 R. Ascham Scholemaster (1570) ii. f. 55v Frugalitie in diet was priuately misliked: Towne going to good cheare openly vsed.
1651 T. Hobbes Philos. Rudim. xii. §9. 183 Riches are gotten with industry, and kept by frugality.
1758 S. Johnson Idler 8 July 105 A family remarkable for domestic prudence, and elegant frugality.
1807 G. Crabbe Parish Reg. i, in Poems 51 The wise frugality that does not give, A life to saving but that saves to live.
1881 P. Brooks Candle of Lord 128 In this miracle..there is a meeting of generosity and frugality which is striking.
b. Const. of (? obsolete).
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1700 J. Dryden Fables Ded. sig. Bijv In this Frugality of your Praises, there are some Things which I cannot omit.
c. Occasional uses: The product of frugality, wealth gathered by economy; also in plural frugal ways of living, frugal fare.
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the mind > possession > wealth > wealth or riches > [noun] > wealth gathered by economy
frugality1725
the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] > thrift or economical management > product of
sparings1629
frugality1725
economy1788
1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 62 Thro' my court the noise of Revel rings, And wastes the wise frugality of Kings.
1842 C. Kingsley Lett. (1878) I. 61 A temporary sharer in the frugalities of my farm house lodging.
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