English

Adjective

œconomical ‎(comparative more œconomical, superlative most œconomical)

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, >page 343; quoted in:
   • 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 œconomical creed. […] ”