spendthrift
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spendthrift
- /ˈspɛn(d)θɹɪft/ UK
- /ˈspɛn(d)ˌθɹɪft/ US
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From spend + thrift (“(archaic) savings; profits; wealth”).
adjective more spendthrift · most spendthrift
- Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. Wel, go to wild oats, ſpend thrift prodigal, / Ile croſſe thy name quight from my reckning booke: / For theſe accounts, faith it ſhall ſcath thee ſome what, / I will not ſay what, ſomewhat it ſhall be.
- Extravagant or lavish. Rufus's stone lies in the outskirts of the forest, and in a few minutes they emerged upon the broad heath which bounds it, then like a sea of gold; for the furze was in the first glory of its spendthrift wealth.
noun spendthrifts
- Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully. [T]hat vve vvould doe / VVe ſhould doe vvhen vve vvould: for this vvould changes, / And hath abatements and delayes as many, / As there are tongues, are hands, are accedents, / And then this ſhould is like a ſpend thrifts ſigh, / That hurts by eaſing; […]
- Anything that distributes its attributes profusely, without restraint. It was one of those bright days in spring, which are very spendthrifts of sunshine, when the darkest alley in London wins a golden glimpse, and the eternal mist around St. Paul's turns to a glittering haze:...
Similar: big spender, dingthrift, neve, overspender, prodigal, profligate, saprophage, scattergood, slipstring, slipthrift, sparkler, spend-all, spendthrift, splurge, splurger, squanderer, unthrift, waster, wastegood, wastethrift, wastrel · Opposite: miser, skinflint, cheapskate, niggard, tightwad, frugalist, husband
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noun
Similar: big spender, dingthrift, neve, overspender, prodigal, profligate, saprophage, scattergood, slipstring, slipthrift, sparkler, spend-all, spendthrift, splurge, splurger, squanderer, unthrift, waster, wastegood, wastethrift, wastrel · Opposite: miser, skinflint, cheapskate, niggard, tightwad, frugalist, husband
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adj improvident, profligate, or wasteful
| Español | pródigo, manirroto |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 挥霍无度 huīhuòwúdù |
| Português | gastador |
| Français | dépensier, prodigue |
| Deutsch | verschwenderisch |
| Русский | расточительный rastočitelʹnyj |
| العربية | مُسْرِف musrif, مُبَذِّر mubaḏḏir |
| עברית | פַּזְרָן |
noun someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully
| Español | gastador, gastadora, pródigo, manirroto |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 使い手 tsukaite, 浪費家 rōhika, 極道 gokudō |
| 中文 | 敗家子 /败家子 bàijiāzǐ, 浪子 làngzǐ |
| Português | gastador, gastadora, gastadeira |
| Français | dépensier, gaspilleur, prodigue |
| Deutsch | Verschwender, Verschwenderin, Prasser, Prasserin |
| Italiano | spendaccione |
| Ελληνικά | σπάταλος spátalos |
| Русский | расточи́тель rastočítelʹ, мот mot, транжи́р tranžír |
| العربية | مُبَذِّر mubaḏḏir, مُسْرِف musrif |
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title = {spendthrift},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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