wastrywasteryn.
/ˈweɪstri/, U.S. /ˈweɪstri/, Scottish English /ˈwestrɪ/ Scottish and northern.
a. Reckless extravagance, esp. in living; wastefulness; also, an act or case of wastefulness.
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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
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
1645 S. Rutherford Tryal & Triumph of Faith xix. 184 The same very fault and sin of wastry, that is inherent in the broken bankrupt.
1661 R. Baillie Let. 18 Apr. in O. Airy Lauderdale Papers (1884) I. 96 Through his wastery hes left..in debt.
1786 R. Burns Twa Dogs ix, in Poems 12 Yet ev'n the ha' folk fill their peghan Wi' sauce, ragouts, an' sic like trashtrie, That's little short o' downright wastrie.
1830 Fraser's Mag. 1 340 How is a nation to be converted from extravagance to frugality, when the intent and purpose of all men's minds and endeavours is to foster this wonderful wastery.
1863 ‘Holme Lee’ Annis Warleigh III. 247 He was a gentleman born, but he'd ruined himself wi' gambling an' wastry.
1893 R. L. Stevenson Catriona xxviii. 337 My disposition has always been opposed to wastery.
b. Waste of (what is specified).
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > disadvantage > uselessness > misuse > [noun] > waste
waste1297
spillingc1380
consuminga1538
profusion1545
lavishing1574
consumption1613
lavishment1630
frittering1795
uneconomicalness1817
wastry1830
wastage1885
ineconomy1897
haemorrhaging1967
1830 J. Galt Lawrie Todd I. iii. xiv. 282 I thought with myself..what a wastrie of time was caused by the inconsiderate talk of uninformed men.
1900 B. Kirkby Granite Chips 41 (E.D.D.) It was fair weastry o' ink an time.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
wastryadj.
Scottish ? Obsolete.
Wasteful, extravagant.
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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
1791 J. Learmont Poems Pastoral 364 To live wi' sic a wast'ry, braisant jade.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Wastrie, prodigal; a wastrie person, one who is extravagant.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1923; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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