FRUGAL, FRUGALITY, FRUGALLY
(also see THRIFTY)
ADJECTIVES
1450 — HUSBANDLY given to careful economy; frugal, thrifty, provident
1616 — NEAR niggardly, miserly, stingy, parsimonious, frugal, mean, greedy, covetous
1725 — CANNY careful, frugal, thrifty → Sc.
1813 — TIDY honest, decent, respectable; thrifty, frugal → Eng. dial.
1820 — NEAR-SIGHTED stingy, frugal, parsimonious → Amer. dial.
1866 — SKINCHING stingy, frugal, niggardly → Amer. dial.
1866 — SKINCHY-SCRIMPLY stingy, frugal, niggardly → Amer. dial.
1890 — THROUGAL mispronunciation of ‘frugal’ → Sc.
1890 — THROUGHGAL mispronunciation of ‘frugal’ → Sc.
1897 — INHOLDING frugal, penurious, parsimonious → Sc.
1920 — PENNY-PINCHING frugal → US colloq.
1932 — SCOTCH stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters → Amer. dial.
1942 — SKINCHY stingy, frugal, niggardly → Amer. dial.
1965 — SCOTCHY stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters → Amer. dial.
1965 — SCOTTISH stingy, frugal, mean, greedy in money matters → Amer. dial.
1969 — SKINCY stingy, frugal, niggardly → Amer. dial.
1985 — PROGGY very frugal, stingy → Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
1592 — NEARLY parsimoniously, frugally
NOUNS
1526 — PARCITY sparingness, frugality → obs.
1584 — NEARNESS parsimony, niggardliness; frugality
1660 — INHOLDING frugality, parsimoniousness → Sc.
1823 — THROUGH-GALLITY frugality → Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
1440 — SPARER a sparing, frugal, economical, or thrifty person; one who spares in using anything
1711 — HUSBANDMAN a frugal or thrifty man
1837 — SIMPLICITARIAN a person who lives modestly, plainly, or frugally; an advocate of living simply
1901 — GATHERER a frugal, saving, thrifty person → Sc.
PHRASES
1989 — EAT WHAT YOU CAN AND CAN WHAT YOU CAN’T used for urging someone to be frugal and conservationist → Can. sl.
VERBS
1751 — UNDERLIVE to live more frugally → US
1935 — LANK DOWN to become sparing or frugal → Amer. dial.
1942 — HAMBONE to live very frugally → Amer. dial.
1999 — SCOTCH to act in a frugal or stingy way → Amer. dial.