Fruc"tu*ous (?), a. [L. fructuosus: cf, F. fructueux.] Fruitful;
productive; profitable. [Obs.]
Nothing fructuous or profitable.
Chaucer.
-- Fruc"tu*ous*ly, adv. -- Fruc"tu*ous*ness, n. [Obs.]
Fruc"ture (?), n. [L. frui, p. p. fructus, to enjoy. See Fruit, n.]
Use; fruition; enjoyment. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
Frue" van"ner (?). [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining) A moving, inclined,
endless apron on which ore is concentrated by a current of water; a
kind of buddle.
Fru"gal (?), a. [L. frugalis, fr. frugi, lit., for fruit; hence, fit
for food, useful, proper, temperate, the dative of frux, frugis, fruit,
akin to E. fruit: cf. F. frugal. See Fruit, n.] 1. Economical in the
use or appropriation of resources; not wasteful or lavish; wise in the
expenditure or application of force, materials, time, etc.;
characterized by frugality; sparing; economical; saving; as, a frugal
housekeeper; frugal of time.
I oft admire How Nature, wise and frugal, could commit Such
disproportions.
Milton.
2. Obtained by, or appropriate to, economy; as, a frugal fortune.
"Frugal fare." Dryden.
Fru*gal"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Frugalities (#). [L. frugalitas: cf. F.
frugalitÈ.] 1. The quality of being frugal; prudent economy; that
careful management of anything valuable which expends nothing
unnecessarily, and applies what is used to a profitable purpose;
thrift; --- opposed to extravagance.
Frugality is founded on the principle that all riches have limits.
Burke.