wastreln.adj.

Brit.

/ˈweɪstr(ə)l/, U.S.

/ˈweɪstrəl/,

/ˈwɑstrəl/

Forms: Also 1800s wastorel.

Etymology: < waste v. + -rel suffix.

A. n.

1. In Cornwall: A tract of waste land. Obsolete except in narrower sense, a strip of road-side waste.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > piece of

waste1377

wastrel1589

wastage1823

1589–90 Anc. Deed A. 13002 (P.R.O.) [Land in the] towne and feeldes severalls and wastrells of Tregorrock within the parish of St. Austoll.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 13 Their [tin] workes..lie either in seuerall, or in wastrell, that is, in enclosed grounds, or in commons.

1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 13^v The Wastrel workes are reckoned amongst chattels, and may passe by word or Will.

1899 A. Quiller-Couch Ship of Stars xi. 99 The Chapel stood..on a turfed wastrel where two high roads met and crossed.

1902 C.T.C. Gaz. Nov. 466/1 [Launceston] The heaps..were not on the metal portion of the road, and the width of the wastrel where the heaps were was about four feet.

2. = waster n.¹ 6.

a. An article of bad or imperfect workmanship, rejected as unserviceable or not saleable at the full price.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun]

poornessa1382

chaffc1386

cold roast?1406

arse-guta1413

short end1560

under-kind1571

inferior1589

canvas-back1605

underthing1620

under-sort1655

wasteling1750

slouch1767

shamea1771

neck beefa1777

rep1786

wastrel1790

wastera1800

shoddy1862

piece1884

tinhorn1887

robbo1897

cheapie1898

buckeye1906

reach-me-down1916

dog1917

stinkeroo1934

bodgie1964

cheapo1975

1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 445 Wastrels, outcasts; as wastrel bricks, &c.

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Wastrels, imperfect bricks, china, &c.

1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Wastrels, waste substances.

1870 Churchm. Shilling Mag. VI. 42 The word wasteril or wastril, in the dialect of Hallamshire, signifies a knife that is made to sell, for show and not for use.

b. An unhealthy, wasted-looking animal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > unhealthy animal

wastrel1819

frame1848

hat rack1891

1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVII Wastorels, or Wastrels... The young lambs, pigs, and calves, sold to the butchers, which are improper for keeping as stock, are sometimes also called by this name.

1899 A. Quiller-Couch Ship of Stars vi. 48 I wouldn't ask a bird of mine to break the Sabbath for a wastrel like that.

a. A good-for-nothing, idle, worthless, disreputable person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun]

ribalda1250

brethelingc1275

filec1300

waynouna1350

waster1352

lorel1362

losel1362

land-leaper1377

javelc1400

leftc1400

lorerc1400

shackerellc1420

brethel1440

never-thrift1440

ne'er-thrifta1450

never-thrivinga1450

nebulona1475

breelc1485

naughty pack?1534

brathel1542

unsel155.

pelf1551

wandrel?1567

land-loper1570

scald1575

baggage1594

arrant1605

good-for-nothing1611

hilding1611

vauneant1621

idle-pack1624

thimble-maker1654

never-do-well1664

ne'er-be-good1675

shack1682

vagabond1686

shag-bag1699

houndsfoot1710

blackguard1732

ne'er-do-well1737

trumpery1738

rap1742

good-for-naught1773

rip1781

mauvais sujet1793

scamp1808

waffie1808

loose fish1809

ne'er-do-good1814

hard bargain1818

vaurien1829

sculpin1834

shicer1846

wastrel1847

scallywag1848

shack-bag1855

beat1865

rodney1877

git1939

no-hoper1944

piss artist1962

society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person

brethelingc1275

filec1300

dogc1330

ribald1340

waynouna1350

waster1352

lorel1362

losel1362

land-leaper1377

triflera1382

brothelc1390

javelc1400

leftc1400

lorerc1400

shackerellc1420

brethel1440

never-thrift1440

vagrant1444

ne'er-thrifta1450

never-thrivinga1450

nebulona1475

breelc1485

naughty pack?1534

brathel1542

carrion1547

slim1548

unsel155.

pelf1551

shifterc1562

rag1566

wandrel?1567

land-loper1570

nothing-worth1580

baggage1594

roly-poly1602

bash-rag1603

arrant1605

ragabash?1609

flabergullion1611

hilding1611

hard bargain1612

slubberdegullion1612

vauneant1621

knick-knacker1622

idle-pack1624

slabberdegullion1653

thimble-maker1654

whiffler1659

never-do-well1664

good-for-nought1671

ne'er-be-good1675

shack1682

vagabond1686

shabaroon1699

shag-bag1699

houndsfoot1710

ne'er-do-well1737

trumpery1738

rap1742

hallion1789

scamp1808

waffie1808

ne'er-do-good1814

vaurien1829

sculpin1834

shicer1846

good-for-nothing1847

wastrel1847

scallywag1848

shack-bag1855

beat1865

toe-rag1875

rodney1877

toe-ragger1896

low-lifer1902

punk1904

lowlife1909

ringtail1916

git1939

no-hoper1944

schlub1950

piss artist1962

dead leg1964

1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Wastrel, a profligate. West.

1857 E. Waugh Sketches Lancs. Life (ed. 2) 120 There's ir Jammy; he's as big a wastril as ever stare't up a lone.

1881 Times 4 Jan. 3/4 In Glasgow last night a ‘Hogmanay supper’ was given by some good Samaritans to a company of 2,000 outcasts and wastrels.

1885 D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold i. ii I'm not a runaway. I'm not a wastrel. I think if I set myself to do it that I can make a living somehow.

b. A neglected child of the streets.

ΘΚΠ

society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > homeless

Jack out of doors1603

stray1649

street boy1796

street urchin1827

Arab1847

street Arab1853

wastrel1877

street person1907

skell1955

scugnizzo1957

1877 T. H. Huxley Techn. Educ. Sci. & Cult. (1881) 77 The educational method, the intelligence,..and good temper on the teacher's part, which are now at the disposal of the veriest waifs and wastrels of society.

c1880 T. J. Barnardo Taken out of Gutter 2 The juvenile ‘wastrels’ of London streets are, alas! still to be reckoned by their thousands.

4. A wasteful person, a spendthrift.

ΘΚΠ

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

1887 S. Baring-Gould Red Spider I. vi. 82 Young Hillary, who, brought up in his father's improvident ways, was sure to turn out a like wastrel.

in extended use.1889 Q. Rev. Apr. 390 London is the most conspicuous wastrel of both men and means.

B. adj.

1. Of manufactured articles: Waste, rejected as imperfect. Of workmanship: Good for nothing.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > of material things > of manufactured articles

wastrel1790

water-galled1831

waste1842

1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 445 Wastrel bricks.

1852 J. Allies On Antiq. & Folk-lore Worcestershire (ed. 2) 106 The piles of encaustic tiles which were found..which were built up in columns with cement, probably were wastrel tiles, which were so used.

1898 H. Sutcliffe Ricroft ix. 111 Wenches..all..full o' wastrel wark sooin as ye let 'em go an inch beyond weshing an' sewing.

2. Of an animal: Feeble, lacking strength or vigour.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > thin or weak

poor1539

unwight1570

sheer1632

scammel1658

rangy1857

wastrel1880

1880 Gardening Illustr. 7 Aug. 278 At this time the inferior and imperfect or wustrel [sic] birds may be killed.

1895 S. R. Crockett Bog-myrtle & Peat v. vii. 412 A wastril whalp could hae dung us owre with its tail. We war tha surprised like.

3. Running to waste, spendthrift.

ΘΚΠ

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

1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas (1896) 47 Blot out the wastrel hours of mine in sin when I abode.

1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 23 Where, blown before the wastrel wind, The thistle-down she floated by.

Derivatives

ˈwastreldom n. extravagance, esp. with reference to government spending.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] > on part of government

wastreldom1906

wastrelism1906

1906 Daily Mail 3 Nov. 4/2 All the old strongholds of Wastreldom have been carried. St. Pancras has thrown out its Wastrels; Islington will have none of them.

1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark 102 It was hard to believe that this was a gathering of the kings of wastreldom.

ˈwastrelism n. = wastreldom n.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] > on part of government

wastreldom1906

wastrelism1906

1906 Westmorland Gaz. 14 Mar. 3/2 He was, indeed, heard to say that under our present Fiscal system the wine of our manhood was oozing out while the water of wastrelism was oozing in. Sir Wilfrid Lawson was..somewhat annoyed to think that the best of all drinks should be confounded with wastrelism.

1919 Daily Mail 15 Oct. 6/2 Such arguments in the interest of wastrelism have been abundantly refuted.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	wastrel
释义	wastreln.adj. Brit. /ˈweɪstr(ə)l/, U.S. /ˈweɪstrəl/, /ˈwɑstrəl/ Forms: Also 1800s wastorel. Etymology: < waste v. + -rel suffix. A. n. 1. In Cornwall: A tract of waste land. Obsolete except in narrower sense, a strip of road-side waste. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > wild or uncultivated land > [noun] > piece of waste1377 wastrel1589 wastage1823 1589–90 Anc. Deed A. 13002 (P.R.O.) [Land in the] towne and feeldes severalls and wastrells of Tregorrock within the parish of St. Austoll. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 13 Their [tin] workes..lie either in seuerall, or in wastrell, that is, in enclosed grounds, or in commons. 1602 R. Carew Surv. Cornwall i. f. 13^v The Wastrel workes are reckoned amongst chattels, and may passe by word or Will. 1899 A. Quiller-Couch Ship of Stars xi. 99 The Chapel stood..on a turfed wastrel where two high roads met and crossed. 1902 C.T.C. Gaz. Nov. 466/1 [Launceston] The heaps..were not on the metal portion of the road, and the width of the wastrel where the heaps were was about four feet. 2. = waster n.¹ 6. a. An article of bad or imperfect workmanship, rejected as unserviceable or not saleable at the full price. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > inferior thing > [noun] poornessa1382 chaffc1386 cold roast?1406 arse-guta1413 short end1560 under-kind1571 inferior1589 canvas-back1605 underthing1620 under-sort1655 wasteling1750 slouch1767 shamea1771 neck beefa1777 rep1786 wastrel1790 wastera1800 shoddy1862 piece1884 tinhorn1887 robbo1897 cheapie1898 buckeye1906 reach-me-down1916 dog1917 stinkeroo1934 bodgie1964 cheapo1975 1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 445 Wastrels, outcasts; as wastrel bricks, &c. 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Wastrels, imperfect bricks, china, &c. 1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Wastrels, waste substances. 1870 Churchm. Shilling Mag. VI. 42 The word wasteril or wastril, in the dialect of Hallamshire, signifies a knife that is made to sell, for show and not for use. b. An unhealthy, wasted-looking animal. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [noun] > unhealthy animal wastrel1819 frame1848 hat rack1891 1819 A. Rees Cycl. XXXVII Wastorels, or Wastrels... The young lambs, pigs, and calves, sold to the butchers, which are improper for keeping as stock, are sometimes also called by this name. 1899 A. Quiller-Couch Ship of Stars vi. 48 I wouldn't ask a bird of mine to break the Sabbath for a wastrel like that. 3. a. A good-for-nothing, idle, worthless, disreputable person. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > worthlessness > worthless person > [noun] ribalda1250 brethelingc1275 filec1300 waynouna1350 waster1352 lorel1362 losel1362 land-leaper1377 javelc1400 leftc1400 lorerc1400 shackerellc1420 brethel1440 never-thrift1440 ne'er-thrifta1450 never-thrivinga1450 nebulona1475 breelc1485 naughty pack?1534 brathel1542 unsel155. pelf1551 wandrel?1567 land-loper1570 scald1575 baggage1594 arrant1605 good-for-nothing1611 hilding1611 vauneant1621 idle-pack1624 thimble-maker1654 never-do-well1664 ne'er-be-good1675 shack1682 vagabond1686 shag-bag1699 houndsfoot1710 blackguard1732 ne'er-do-well1737 trumpery1738 rap1742 good-for-naught1773 rip1781 mauvais sujet1793 scamp1808 waffie1808 loose fish1809 ne'er-do-good1814 hard bargain1818 vaurien1829 sculpin1834 shicer1846 wastrel1847 scallywag1848 shack-bag1855 beat1865 rodney1877 git1939 no-hoper1944 piss artist1962 society > morality > moral evil > evil nature or character > lack of magnanimity or noble-mindedness > [noun] > worthlessness > good-for-nothing person brethelingc1275 filec1300 dogc1330 ribald1340 waynouna1350 waster1352 lorel1362 losel1362 land-leaper1377 triflera1382 brothelc1390 javelc1400 leftc1400 lorerc1400 shackerellc1420 brethel1440 never-thrift1440 vagrant1444 ne'er-thrifta1450 never-thrivinga1450 nebulona1475 breelc1485 naughty pack?1534 brathel1542 carrion1547 slim1548 unsel155. pelf1551 shifterc1562 rag1566 wandrel?1567 land-loper1570 nothing-worth1580 baggage1594 roly-poly1602 bash-rag1603 arrant1605 ragabash?1609 flabergullion1611 hilding1611 hard bargain1612 slubberdegullion1612 vauneant1621 knick-knacker1622 idle-pack1624 slabberdegullion1653 thimble-maker1654 whiffler1659 never-do-well1664 good-for-nought1671 ne'er-be-good1675 shack1682 vagabond1686 shabaroon1699 shag-bag1699 houndsfoot1710 ne'er-do-well1737 trumpery1738 rap1742 hallion1789 scamp1808 waffie1808 ne'er-do-good1814 vaurien1829 sculpin1834 shicer1846 good-for-nothing1847 wastrel1847 scallywag1848 shack-bag1855 beat1865 toe-rag1875 rodney1877 toe-ragger1896 low-lifer1902 punk1904 lowlife1909 ringtail1916 git1939 no-hoper1944 schlub1950 piss artist1962 dead leg1964 1847 J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words II Wastrel, a profligate. West. 1857 E. Waugh Sketches Lancs. Life (ed. 2) 120 There's ir Jammy; he's as big a wastril as ever stare't up a lone. 1881 Times 4 Jan. 3/4 In Glasgow last night a ‘Hogmanay supper’ was given by some good Samaritans to a company of 2,000 outcasts and wastrels. 1885 D. C. Murray Rainbow Gold i. ii I'm not a runaway. I'm not a wastrel. I think if I set myself to do it that I can make a living somehow. b. A neglected child of the streets. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > homeless Jack out of doors1603 stray1649 street boy1796 street urchin1827 Arab1847 street Arab1853 wastrel1877 street person1907 skell1955 scugnizzo1957 1877 T. H. Huxley Techn. Educ. Sci. & Cult. (1881) 77 The educational method, the intelligence,..and good temper on the teacher's part, which are now at the disposal of the veriest waifs and wastrels of society. c1880 T. J. Barnardo Taken out of Gutter 2 The juvenile ‘wastrels’ of London streets are, alas! still to be reckoned by their thousands. 4. A wasteful person, a spendthrift. ΘΚΠ 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 1887 S. Baring-Gould Red Spider I. vi. 82 Young Hillary, who, brought up in his father's improvident ways, was sure to turn out a like wastrel. in extended use.1889 Q. Rev. Apr. 390 London is the most conspicuous wastrel of both men and means. B. adj. 1. Of manufactured articles: Waste, rejected as imperfect. Of workmanship: Good for nothing. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > imperfection > [adjective] > in specific way: defective or faulty > of material things > of manufactured articles wastrel1790 water-galled1831 waste1842 1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 445 Wastrel bricks. 1852 J. Allies On Antiq. & Folk-lore Worcestershire (ed. 2) 106 The piles of encaustic tiles which were found..which were built up in columns with cement, probably were wastrel tiles, which were so used. 1898 H. Sutcliffe Ricroft ix. 111 Wenches..all..full o' wastrel wark sooin as ye let 'em go an inch beyond weshing an' sewing. 2. Of an animal: Feeble, lacking strength or vigour. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > animal body > [adjective] > thin or weak poor1539 unwight1570 sheer1632 scammel1658 rangy1857 wastrel1880 1880 Gardening Illustr. 7 Aug. 278 At this time the inferior and imperfect or wustrel [sic] birds may be killed. 1895 S. R. Crockett Bog-myrtle & Peat v. vii. 412 A wastril whalp could hae dung us owre with its tail. We war tha surprised like. 3. Running to waste, spendthrift. ΘΚΠ 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 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas (1896) 47 Blot out the wastrel hours of mine in sin when I abode. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 23 Where, blown before the wastrel wind, The thistle-down she floated by. Derivatives ˈwastreldom n. extravagance, esp. with reference to government spending. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] > on part of government wastreldom1906 wastrelism1906 1906 Daily Mail 3 Nov. 4/2 All the old strongholds of Wastreldom have been carried. St. Pancras has thrown out its Wastrels; Islington will have none of them. 1931 J. Buchan Blanket of Dark 102 It was hard to believe that this was a gathering of the kings of wastreldom. ˈwastrelism n. = wastreldom n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > management of money > expenditure > waste of money or extravagance > [noun] > on part of government wastreldom1906 wastrelism1906 1906 Westmorland Gaz. 14 Mar. 3/2 He was, indeed, heard to say that under our present Fiscal system the wine of our manhood was oozing out while the water of wastrelism was oozing in. Sir Wilfrid Lawson was..somewhat annoyed to think that the best of all drinks should be confounded with wastrelism. 1919 Daily Mail 15 Oct. 6/2 Such arguments in the interest of wastrelism have been abundantly refuted. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.adj.1589
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