different between frugal vs shrewd

English

Etymology

From Middle French, from Latin frugalis (“virtuous, thrifty”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?u???l/
• Rhymes: -u???l

Adjective

frugal (comparative more frugal, superlative most frugal)

1. Avoiding unnecessary expenditure either of money or of anything else which is to be used or consumed; avoiding waste.

Synonyms

• cheap
• economical
• thrifty
• See also Thesaurus:frugal

Antonyms

• lavish
• prodigal
• spendthrift

Derived terms

• frugality

Translations

Further reading

• frugal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• frugal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fr?g?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?y.?al/

Adjective

frugal (feminine singular frugale, masculine plural frugaux, feminine plural frugales)

1. frugal, austere

Related terms

• frugalement
• frugalité

Further reading

• “frugal” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From Latin fr?g?lis.

Adjective

frugal m or f (plural frugais)

1. frugal, economical

German

Etymology

From French frugal, from Latin frugalis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [f?u??a?l]
• Hyphenation: fru?gal

Adjective

frugal (comparative frugaler, superlative am frugalsten)

1. frugal

Declension

Further reading

• “frugal” in Duden online

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fr?g?lis.

Adjective

frugal (plural frugais, comparable)

1. frugal, economical

Romanian

Etymology

From French frugal, from Latin frugalis.

Adjective

frugal m or n (feminine singular frugal?, masculine plural frugali, feminine and neuter plural frugale)

1. frugal

Declension

Related terms

• frugalitate

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fr?g?lis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?u??al/, [f?u???al]

Adjective

frugal (plural frugales)

1. frugal, economical

English

Alternative forms

• shrewde (obsolete)

Etymology

c. 1300, Middle English schrewed (“depraved; wicked”, literally “accursed”), from schrewen (“to curse; beshrew”), from schrewe, schrowe, screwe (“evil or wicked person/thing”), from Old English scr?awa (“wicked person”, literally “biter”). Equivalent to shrew +? -ed. More at shrew.

The sense of "cunning" developed in early 16^th c., gradually gaining a positive connotation by 17^th c.

Pronunciation

• enPR: shro?od, IPA^(key): /??u?d/

• Rhymes: -u?d

Adjective

shrewd (comparative shrewder, superlative shrewdest)

1. Showing clever resourcefulness in practical matters.
2. Artful, tricky or cunning.
3. (informal) Streetwise, street-smart.
4. Knowledgeable, intelligent, keen.
5. Nigh accurate.

6. Severe, intense, hard.

7. Sharp, snithy, piercing.

8. (archaic) Bad, evil, threatening.
   • 1596-97, William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice, Act III Scene ii:

     Portia:

     There are some shrewd contents in yon same paper,

     That steals the colours from Bassanio's cheek:

     Some dear friend dead; else nothing in the world

     Could turn so much the constitution

     Of any constant man. What, worse and worse!— […]

9. (obsolete) Portending, boding.
10. (archaic) Noxious, scatheful, mischievous.
11. (obsolete) Abusive, shrewish.
12. (archaic) Scolding, satirical, sharp.
    • 1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, Act II Scene i:

      Leonato: By my troth, niece, thou wilt never get thee a husband, if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.

Derived terms

• shrewdly
• shrewdness

Translations