spendyadj.
/ˈspɛndi/, U.S. /ˈspɛndi/ Originally and chiefly U.S.
Extravagant, spendthrift. Later also: expensive; overpriced.
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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
1911 Indianapolis Star 21 May 39/1 ‘Come, boys,’ he said in a reckless impulse of sordid profligacy, ‘let's have a candy raffle...’ ‘That's awfully sporty and spendy of you.’
1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang § 375/3 Extravagant,..spendy, splurgy.
1984 Social Text No. 9/10. 243 I looked at all those golden skins, spendy trunks and halters fresh out of the water, stretched out on their towels reading The Gulag Archipelago.
2002 Wall St. Jrnl. 29 Mar. b5/6 It was an Olympic crowd, not a ski crowd... That's not a real spendy crowd. They eat fast food.
2004 Snowboard UK Jan. 38/1 So now you've got your selection of kit from our six of the blingest, you're going to need to get out there and use it in anger—preferably in the poshest, spendiest resort out there for maximum bling effect.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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