• œconomical

    Full definition of œconomical

    Adjective

    œconomical

    1. Archaic spelling of en
      • 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, >
    page 343; quoted in:
      • 1883, Botanical miscellany , “? 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 œconomical creed. ?”
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