spendthriftn.adj.

/ˈspɛndθrɪft/

Forms: Also 1600s spend-thrift.

Etymology: < spend v.¹ + thrift n.¹ Compare earlier dingthrift n.

1. One who spends money profusely or wastefully; one who wastes his patrimony by foolish or lavish expenditure; an improvident or extravagantly wasteful person (frequently connoting moral worthlessness).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > squanderer or prodigal

waster1352

spender1393

fool-large?c1425

neve1440

stroyc1440

strawer1460

scapethrifta1500

prodigal son (also daughter, child)1508

nephew1532

scatterer1535

stroy-good1540

prodigal1547

spend-all1553

dingthrift1566

stroy-all1573

scattergood1577

slip-thrift1579

waste-good1585

slide-thrifta1591

spendthrift1601

unthrifta1602

prodiga1605

spend-good1605

wastethrift1608

prodigal1609

lavisher1611

squanderer1611

decoctor1615

profuser1616

extravagant1745

dissipater1799

wastrel1887

squander-bug1943

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] > spendthrift

spender1393

fool-large?c1425

neve1440

scapethrifta1500

nephew1532

bankrupt1533

scatterer1535

spend-all1553

dingthrift1566

gillian spend-all1573

scattergood1577

slip-thrift1579

waste-good1585

slide-thrifta1591

spendthrift1601

spend-good1605

wastethrift1608

extravagant1745

dissipater1799

1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 246 What would he have cost our prodigal spendthrifts, if hee had been taken upon our coasts neere Rome?

1704 Dryden's Conquest Granada (ed. 6) i. 9 Thus, as some fawning Usurer does feed With present Sums th'unwary Spendthrift's [earlier Unthrifts] need.

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 53. ⁋9 Little satisfaction will be given to the Spendthrift by the encomiums which he purchases.

1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. i. 12 This complaint..of the scarcity of money, is not always confined to improvident spendthrifts.

1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiv. 325 If I fall,..there will only be a spendthrift the less to keep in the world.

1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic ix. 278 An instance of the former is what may be called the Spendthrift's Fallacy.

in extended use.1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 33 Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends.

2. transferred. One who employs or uses something lavishly or profusely; a prodigal consumer, user up, or waster, of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > waste > one who wastes

wasterc1380

spendthrifta1616

a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 25 Fie, what a spend-thrift is he of his tongue.

1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 302 But the Debaucht burner out of his dayes..is an undoubted Spend-thrift of time.

1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 20 Thus, with Indulgence most severe, She treats Us, Spendthrifts of inestimable Time.

1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 297 I have been a prodigal of my best affections; a foolish prodigal—a spendthrift.

1890 Spectator 25 Jan. How can a man be proud of his genius without dreading that he may prove a spendthrift of that genius instead of its skilful almoner?

3. attributive passing into adj.

a. Acting as or like, having the qualities of, a spendthrift.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective]

largea1225

fool-largec1325

costlewa1387

outragea1400

riotousc1405

sumptuousa1425

superfluea1425

prodigatec1429

profuse?a1475

lavishc1475

prodigalc1485

prodiga1492

prodigaleousa1500

superfluous1531

wasteful1538

costly?1555

prodigal1570

overlavish1573

squandering1589

lavishing1598

spenseful1600

expenseful1605

spendthrift1607

spendful1611

dingthrifty1615

impendious1623

expensive1628

unthriftya1631

spendthrifty1642

flush1703

extravagant1711

profligate1718

dispendious1727

wastry1791

wasterful1821

wastrife1822

prodigalish1857

high-rolling1890

wastrel1896

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [adjective] > extravagant or spendthrift (of persons)

fool-largec1325

costlewa1387

costly?1555

improvident1589

spenseful1600

expenseful1605

spendthrift1607

spendful1611

dingthrifty1615

impendious1623

spendthrifty1642

expensive1650

extravagant1711

hand-to-mouth1748

spendy1911

1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. A2 Within the spend-thrift veynes of a drye Duke.

1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 109 Spend-thrift Fabius,..who in his youth spent his estate, and was thence surnamed the Gulfe or (as our word is) the Spend~thrift.

a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 40 The Spendthrift Officers.

1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. i. 5 These rich plebeians are a harvest for us spendthrift nobles.

figurative.1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. v. ii. 117 The common wee spendthrift fiddle.

b. Characterized or marked by excessive or improvident expenditure; wasteful.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > characterized or marked by squandering

wasteful1451

prodigal1508

sieve-like1605

profusive1638

akolastic1656

squandering1726

effuse1745

spendthrift1790

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [adjective]

consumptive1748

spendthrift1790

uneconomical1840

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 234 Had you no way of turning the revenue to account, but through the improvident resource of a spendthrift sale?

1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila iv. v. 201 The spendthrift violence of the mob was restrained.

1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe vii As the money-lender is an inevitable figure, where habits are spendthrift and bankruptcy imminent.

Derivatives

ˈspendˌthriftism n. the state or quality of being spendthrift.

ΘΚΠ

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

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun]

overflowingnessOE

fool-largessec1405

fool-largec1450

improvidencec1450

wastry1645

extravagancy1666

extravagance1727

thriftlessness1817

hand-to-mouth1835

spendthriftism1862

imprevision1883

banging1897

spendthriftiness1950

grasshoppering1956

1862 T. C. Grattan Beaten Paths I. 30 The Irish..felt a poor pride in acting down to the degrading level of spendthriftism and bullying.

ˈspendˌthrifty adj. prodigal or wasteful in expenditure.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective]

largea1225

fool-largec1325

costlewa1387

outragea1400

riotousc1405

sumptuousa1425

superfluea1425

prodigatec1429

profuse?a1475

lavishc1475

prodigalc1485

prodiga1492

prodigaleousa1500

superfluous1531

wasteful1538

costly?1555

prodigal1570

overlavish1573

squandering1589

lavishing1598

spenseful1600

expenseful1605

spendthrift1607

spendful1611

dingthrifty1615

impendious1623

expensive1628

unthriftya1631

spendthrifty1642

flush1703

extravagant1711

profligate1718

dispendious1727

wastry1791

wasterful1821

wastrife1822

prodigalish1857

high-rolling1890

wastrel1896

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [adjective] > extravagant or spendthrift (of persons)

fool-largec1325

costlewa1387

costly?1555

improvident1589

spenseful1600

expenseful1605

spendthrift1607

spendful1611

dingthrifty1615

impendious1623

spendthrifty1642

expensive1650

extravagant1711

hand-to-mouth1748

spendy1911

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 611 For their spend-thrifty, uncleane and ruffianlike courses.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	spendthrift
释义	spendthriftn.adj. /ˈspɛndθrɪft/ Forms: Also 1600s spend-thrift. Etymology: < spend v.¹ + thrift n.¹ Compare earlier dingthrift n. 1. One who spends money profusely or wastefully; one who wastes his patrimony by foolish or lavish expenditure; an improvident or extravagantly wasteful person (frequently connoting moral worthlessness). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > squanderer or prodigal waster1352 spender1393 fool-large?c1425 neve1440 stroyc1440 strawer1460 scapethrifta1500 prodigal son (also daughter, child)1508 nephew1532 scatterer1535 stroy-good1540 prodigal1547 spend-all1553 dingthrift1566 stroy-all1573 scattergood1577 slip-thrift1579 waste-good1585 slide-thrifta1591 spendthrift1601 unthrifta1602 prodiga1605 spend-good1605 wastethrift1608 prodigal1609 lavisher1611 squanderer1611 decoctor1615 profuser1616 extravagant1745 dissipater1799 wastrel1887 squander-bug1943 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] > spendthrift spender1393 fool-large?c1425 neve1440 scapethrifta1500 nephew1532 bankrupt1533 scatterer1535 spend-all1553 dingthrift1566 gillian spend-all1573 scattergood1577 slip-thrift1579 waste-good1585 slide-thrifta1591 spendthrift1601 spend-good1605 wastethrift1608 extravagant1745 dissipater1799 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 246 What would he have cost our prodigal spendthrifts, if hee had been taken upon our coasts neere Rome? 1704 Dryden's Conquest Granada (ed. 6) i. 9 Thus, as some fawning Usurer does feed With present Sums th'unwary Spendthrift's [earlier Unthrifts] need. 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 53. ⁋9 Little satisfaction will be given to the Spendthrift by the encomiums which he purchases. 1776 A. Smith Inq. Wealth of Nations II. iv. i. 12 This complaint..of the scarcity of money, is not always confined to improvident spendthrifts. 1852 W. M. Thackeray Henry Esmond I. xiv. 325 If I fall,..there will only be a spendthrift the less to keep in the world. 1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic ix. 278 An instance of the former is what may be called the Spendthrift's Fallacy. in extended use.1860 R. W. Emerson Fate in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 33 Nature is no spendthrift, but takes the shortest way to her ends. 2. transferred. One who employs or uses something lavishly or profusely; a prodigal consumer, user up, or waster, of something. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > waste > one who wastes wasterc1380 spendthrifta1616 a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) ii. i. 25 Fie, what a spend-thrift is he of his tongue. View more context for this quotation 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 302 But the Debaucht burner out of his dayes..is an undoubted Spend-thrift of time. 1742 E. Young Complaint: Night the Second 20 Thus, with Indulgence most severe, She treats Us, Spendthrifts of inestimable Time. 1825 J. Neal Brother Jonathan III. 297 I have been a prodigal of my best affections; a foolish prodigal—a spendthrift. 1890 Spectator 25 Jan. How can a man be proud of his genius without dreading that he may prove a spendthrift of that genius instead of its skilful almoner? 3. attributive passing into adj. a. Acting as or like, having the qualities of, a spendthrift. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] largea1225 fool-largec1325 costlewa1387 outragea1400 riotousc1405 sumptuousa1425 superfluea1425 prodigatec1429 profuse?a1475 lavishc1475 prodigalc1485 prodiga1492 prodigaleousa1500 superfluous1531 wasteful1538 costly?1555 prodigal1570 overlavish1573 squandering1589 lavishing1598 spenseful1600 expenseful1605 spendthrift1607 spendful1611 dingthrifty1615 impendious1623 expensive1628 unthriftya1631 spendthrifty1642 flush1703 extravagant1711 profligate1718 dispendious1727 wastry1791 wasterful1821 wastrife1822 prodigalish1857 high-rolling1890 wastrel1896 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [adjective] > extravagant or spendthrift (of persons) fool-largec1325 costlewa1387 costly?1555 improvident1589 spenseful1600 expenseful1605 spendthrift1607 spendful1611 dingthrifty1615 impendious1623 spendthrifty1642 expensive1650 extravagant1711 hand-to-mouth1748 spendy1911 1607 T. Middleton Revengers Trag. i. sig. A2 Within the spend-thrift veynes of a drye Duke. 1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 109 Spend-thrift Fabius,..who in his youth spent his estate, and was thence surnamed the Gulfe or (as our word is) the Spend~thrift. a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 40 The Spendthrift Officers. 1834 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last Days of Pompeii I. i. i. 5 These rich plebeians are a harvest for us spendthrift nobles. figurative.1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd II. v. ii. 117 The common wee spendthrift fiddle. b. Characterized or marked by excessive or improvident expenditure; wasteful. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > characterized or marked by squandering wasteful1451 prodigal1508 sieve-like1605 profusive1638 akolastic1656 squandering1726 effuse1745 spendthrift1790 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [adjective] consumptive1748 spendthrift1790 uneconomical1840 1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 234 Had you no way of turning the revenue to account, but through the improvident resource of a spendthrift sale? View more context for this quotation 1838 E. Bulwer-Lytton Leila iv. v. 201 The spendthrift violence of the mob was restrained. 1886 W. J. Tucker Life E. Europe vii As the money-lender is an inevitable figure, where habits are spendthrift and bankruptcy imminent. Derivatives ˈspendˌthriftism n. the state or quality of being spendthrift. ΘΚΠ 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 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] overflowingnessOE fool-largessec1405 fool-largec1450 improvidencec1450 wastry1645 extravagancy1666 extravagance1727 thriftlessness1817 hand-to-mouth1835 spendthriftism1862 imprevision1883 banging1897 spendthriftiness1950 grasshoppering1956 1862 T. C. Grattan Beaten Paths I. 30 The Irish..felt a poor pride in acting down to the degrading level of spendthriftism and bullying. ˈspendˌthrifty adj. prodigal or wasteful in expenditure. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] largea1225 fool-largec1325 costlewa1387 outragea1400 riotousc1405 sumptuousa1425 superfluea1425 prodigatec1429 profuse?a1475 lavishc1475 prodigalc1485 prodiga1492 prodigaleousa1500 superfluous1531 wasteful1538 costly?1555 prodigal1570 overlavish1573 squandering1589 lavishing1598 spenseful1600 expenseful1605 spendthrift1607 spendful1611 dingthrifty1615 impendious1623 expensive1628 unthriftya1631 spendthrifty1642 flush1703 extravagant1711 profligate1718 dispendious1727 wastry1791 wasterful1821 wastrife1822 prodigalish1857 high-rolling1890 wastrel1896 society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [adjective] > extravagant or spendthrift (of persons) fool-largec1325 costlewa1387 costly?1555 improvident1589 spenseful1600 expenseful1605 spendthrift1607 spendful1611 dingthrifty1615 impendious1623 spendthrifty1642 expensive1650 extravagant1711 hand-to-mouth1748 spendy1911 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 611 For their spend-thrifty, uncleane and ruffianlike courses. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1601
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