unthrift
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unthrift
- /ˈʌnθɹɪft/
- /ʌnˈθɹɪft/
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From Middle English unthrift, equivalent to un- + thrift.
noun unthrifts
- A lack of thriftiness; prodigality.
- Someone who is not thrifty; a spendthrift, someone who is not careful with their money. My ſcoles are not for unthriftes untaught, For frantick faitours half mad and half ſtraught; But my learning is of another degree
adjective more unthrift · most unthrift
- Unthrifty. VVots thou vvho's returnd, / The unthrift Bonvile, ragged as a ſcarre-crovv / The VVarres have gnavv'd his garments to the skinne: […]
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title = {unthrift},
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