Å“conomical

Origin

Å“conomic + -al

Full definition of Å“conomical

Adjective

1. Archaic spelling of economical
• 1815?, Captain Dugald Carmichael, F.L.s., the Rev. Colin Smith ed., Biographical Notice of the late Captain Dugald Carmichael, F.L.s., volume 2, >

• 1883, William Jackson Hooker ed., Botanical miscellany …, page 39:“ … If the Europæans could, by the force of example, lead the wealthy Hindoos to enlarge the scale of their personal expenditure, it would tend to give them a disrelish for the unmeaning festivals of Doorga Pooja, and pave the way in all probability for a more Å“conomical creed. … ”