† spensefuladj.
Obsolete. rare.
Extravagant or lavish in expenditure.
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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
1600 Sir R. Cecil in J. S. Brewer & W. Bullen Cal. Carew MSS. (1869) III. 445 [I think he is, but] ‘spenceful’[beyond measure].
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