spendthriftinessn.
rare.
The act or quality of being spendthrifty.
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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
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
1950 H. J. Massingham Curious Traveller iv. 76 For such spendthriftiness no honest word can be said.
1959 Times 29 June 12/6 The feeling of pleasurable spend~thriftiness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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