wastrifeadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈweɪstrʌɪf/,

/ˈweɪstrɪf/, U.S.

/ˈweɪˌstraɪf/,

/ˈweɪstrɪf/, Scottish English

/ˈwestrʌif/,

/ˈwestrɪf/

Forms: Also wasteriff.

Etymology: < waste adj.: compare cauldrife, waukrife.

Scottish.

A. adj.

Wasteful, extravagant.

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

1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. v. 119 Do not slit the quill up too high, it's a wastrife course.

1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. May 365/2 The old housekeeper, who always declared Master Jacob was so wasteriff with his goods, that he would certainly come to beggary some day.

B. n.

Wastefulness, extravagance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]

overflowingnessOE

wastinga1300

prodigality1340

misdispendingc1390

misspendingc1390

fool-largessec1405

wantonness1448

fool-largec1450

dilapidationc1460

lavish1483

consuminga1538

profusion1545

sumptuosity1550

wastefulness1551

lashing1556

lavishing1574

profuseness1584

lavishness1590

misspense1591

wastening1604

outlashing1611

duck and drake1614

largesse1614

lavishment1630

squandering1632

prodigence1634

dissipation1639

wastry1645

profusiveness1655

high living1656

nepotation1656

extravagancy1666

extravagance1727

profligacy1792

squander1806

profligateness1817

wastrife1818

spendthriftism1862

wasterfulness1884

high-rolling1890

prodigalism1896

spendthriftiness1950

squanderbugging1966

1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 61 She confessed afterwards, that, ‘besides the wastrife, it was lang or she could walk sae comfortably with the shoes as without them’.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wastrife
释义	wastrifeadj.n. Brit. /ˈweɪstrʌɪf/, /ˈweɪstrɪf/, U.S. /ˈweɪˌstraɪf/, /ˈweɪstrɪf/, Scottish English /ˈwestrʌif/, /ˈwestrɪf/ Forms: Also wasteriff. Etymology: < waste adj.: compare cauldrife, waukrife. Scottish. A. adj. Wasteful, extravagant. 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 1822 W. Scott Fortunes of Nigel I. v. 119 Do not slit the quill up too high, it's a wastrife course. 1873 Routledge's Young Gentleman's Mag. May 365/2 The old housekeeper, who always declared Master Jacob was so wasteriff with his goods, that he would certainly come to beggary some day. B. n. Wastefulness, extravagance. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] overflowingnessOE wastinga1300 prodigality1340 misdispendingc1390 misspendingc1390 fool-largessec1405 wantonness1448 fool-largec1450 dilapidationc1460 lavish1483 consuminga1538 profusion1545 sumptuosity1550 wastefulness1551 lashing1556 lavishing1574 profuseness1584 lavishness1590 misspense1591 wastening1604 outlashing1611 duck and drake1614 largesse1614 lavishment1630 squandering1632 prodigence1634 dissipation1639 wastry1645 profusiveness1655 high living1656 nepotation1656 extravagancy1666 extravagance1727 profligacy1792 squander1806 profligateness1817 wastrife1818 spendthriftism1862 wasterfulness1884 high-rolling1890 prodigalism1896 spendthriftiness1950 squanderbugging1966 1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iii, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. III. 61 She confessed afterwards, that, ‘besides the wastrife, it was lang or she could walk sae comfortably with the shoes as without them’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adj.n.1818
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