† misspensen.
Obsolete.
Improper or wasteful use of money or time.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]
overflowingnessOE
wastinga1300
prodigality1340
misdispendingc1390
misspendingc1390
fool-largessec1405
wantonness1448
fool-largec1450
dilapidationc1460
lavish1483
consuminga1538
profusion1545
sumptuosity1550
wastefulness1551
lashing1556
lavishing1574
profuseness1584
lavishness1590
misspense1591
wastening1604
outlashing1611
duck and drake1614
largesse1614
lavishment1630
squandering1632
prodigence1634
dissipation1639
wastry1645
profusiveness1655
high living1656
nepotation1656
extravagancy1666
extravagance1727
profligacy1792
squander1806
profligateness1817
wastrife1818
spendthriftism1862
wasterfulness1884
high-rolling1890
prodigalism1896
spendthriftiness1950
squanderbugging1966
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > wrong expenditure (of time, money, etc.)
misspendingc1390
misdispense1450
misspense1591
misexpense1605
misexpendinga1644
dispendium1648
misexpenditure1795
1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 61 Mispence of munition.
1597 T. Beard Theatre Gods Iudgements ii. xxxiiii. 367 The losse of time and mispence of goods.
1608 Bp. J. Hall Epist. I. ii. x. 189 If your negligence, your riotous misspence had empaired your estate.
a1677 I. Barrow Of Love of God (1680) 249 A wilfull mispense of our time.
a1788 in H. Croft Let. to Pitt conc. New Dict. Eng. Lang. (1788) 40 The misspence of every minute is a new record against us in heaven.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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