candlewaster
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candlewaster
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From candle + waster.
noun candlewasters · candle-waster
- One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student. If such a one will smile and stroke his beard, / And, sorrow wag, cry 'hem!' when he should groan, / Patch grief with proverbs, make misfortune drunk / With candle-wasters—bring him yet to me, / And I of him will gather patience.
Talk about this word "candlewaster." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/candlewaster. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. candlewaster. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/candlewaster "candlewaster." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/candlewaster.Cite this
@misc{candlewaster_2026,
title = {candlewaster},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/candlewaster},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
