squanderern.
/ˈskwɒndərə/ One who squanders or spends extravagantly.
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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
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Sacre,..a spendall, vnthrift, squanderer.
1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso (1674) i. xix. 20 By giving past number or measure, they deserve rather to be esteemed foolish squanderers, than vertuously Liberal.
1741 S. Richardson Pamela IV. lvii. 369 This would..instruct him..to avoid being a Squanderer or Waster.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. xiv. 117 Witness how fast the squanderers use his wine.
1863 C. C. Clarke Shakespeare-characters xvi. 406 Squanderers and gamblers have no sense of justice.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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