Wastethrift
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Wastethrift is a noun meaning (obsolete) A spendthrift.
Meaning
(obsolete) A spendthrift.
Example Sentences
My adversary evermore twits me with my nephew, forsooth, my nephew: why may not a virtuous uncle have a dissolute nephew? What though he be a brotheller, a wastethrift, a common surfeiter, and, to conclude, a beggar, must sin in him call up shame in me?
Word Forms
- wastethrifts
Synonyms for wastethrift
Depending on context, synonyms include wastegood.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include wastegood, dingthrift, slipthrift, wastrel, scattergood, wastour.
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