† waste-goodn.
Obsolete.
A spendthrift.
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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
society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] > spendthrift
spender1393
fool-large?c1425
neve1440
scapethrifta1500
nephew1532
bankrupt1533
scatterer1535
spend-all1553
dingthrift1566
gillian spend-all1573
scattergood1577
slip-thrift1579
waste-good1585
slide-thrifta1591
spendthrift1601
spend-good1605
wastethrift1608
extravagant1745
dissipater1799
1585 J. Higgins tr. Junius Nomenclator 523/2 Barathro,..a spend all: a waste-good.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. C3 v If hee haue playde the waste-good at the Innes of the Court.
a1639 W. Whately Prototypes (1640) ii. xxvi. 69 The worldly-minded man, though hee live in better reputation on Earth, hath no better reputation in Heaven than the waste-good.
1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia Generalis 1295 A waste-good, or spend-all, Nepos, decoctor.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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