单词 | thriftlessness |
释义 | > as lemmasˈthriftlessness ˈthriftlessness n. wastefulness, improvidence. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] > lack of thrift unthriftc1374 unthriftinessc1450 wanthrifta1522 unthriftihead1590 thriftlessness1817 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 1817 T. Chalmers Series Disc. Christian Revelation 146 It..throws them at a greater distance from the thriftlessness which prevails in the first parish. 1858 Sat. Rev. 20 Nov. 494/2 Lords P—— and C—— seem rather to have copied the thriftlessness of Esau. 1862 W. W. Story Roba di Roma (1864) xii. 228 The usual thriftlessness of the people, who live from hand to mouth and from day to day. < as lemmas |
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