单词 | wastry |
释义 | wastrywasteryn. Scottish and northern. a. Reckless extravagance, esp. in living; wastefulness; also, an act or case of wastefulness. 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 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. 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 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). < n.1645adj.1791 |
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