thriftyadj.

Brit.

/ˈθrɪfti/, U.S.

/ˈθrɪfti/

Etymology: < thrift n.¹ + -y suffix¹.

In many early quotations, it is not possible to fix the meaning of this adj.; two or three senses equally well suiting the context.

1. Characterized by success or prosperity (see thrift n.¹ 1); thriving, prosperous, well-to-do, successful, flourishing; fortunate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective]

i-selic888

wealyc893

blaed-fastOE

i-sundfulc1000

full-thrivenc1175

well-donea1200

wealfulc1230

i-selec1275

neotsumc1275

prosperc1350

wealsomea1382

well begonea1393

prosperable?c1422

thriftyc1440

prosperousc1450

quartful?c1475

wealthyc1480

wella1500

prospering1587

felicious1599

thriving1607

felicitous1641

prospered1651

well-faring1712

well-doing1800

made-up1956

c1440 Generydes 1134 Now A dayis I lese all that I wanne, Where here before I was a threfty man.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5454 A thousaund þro men þrifte in armys.

1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ at Res Rem augere, to waxe thryfty.

1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck v. sig. K4 May he proue more thriftie In this worlds just applause, not more desertfull.

1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvii. 487 The Ships crew were not so thrifty in bargaining..as single persons.

1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xxi. 371 The family generally has been getting thrifty in the world.

1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End x. 339 This is a thrifty, modern-looking town.

1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 27 Both had become zealous florists, and thrifty, respectable men.

1883 J. W. Sherer At Home & in India 24 No one was in thrifty and independent comfort.

†2.

a. Of a person: Worthy, worshipful, estimable, respectable, well-living. Cf. thriven adj. 2, thriving adj. 1. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] > specifically of person

goodlyOE

thriftyc1374

duec1449

prettya1450

honest1551

well-qualitied1567

tight1601

of sort1606

reg'lar1814

bricky1864

sublimish1864

the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective]

faireOE

wortheOE

worthlyeOE

worthfulOE

menskful?c1225

toldc1275

digne1297

of price?a1300

worshiply1340

worthya1350

menska1375

thriftyc1374

worshipfula1375

worthilya1375

honesta1382

honourablec1384

unshamedc1384

sada1387

of reputationc1390

well-nameda1393

reverent1398

worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400

celebrable?c1400

honouredc1400

worshipablec1425

substantialc1449

undefameda1450

unreviled?1457

honorousa1500

reputed?1532

well-thought-ona1533

well-spoken1539

credible1543

undespised?1548

imitable1550

famous1555

undistained1565

undefame1578

untarred1579

well-reputed1583

unsoiledc1592

dishonourless1595

well-deemed1595

nameworthy1598

regardful1600

indisgraced1606

credenta1616

undishonoureda1616

unscandalized1618

unscandalous1618

unslandered1622

untainted1627

dignousa1636

undisparaged1636

considerable1641

unbranded1641

glorifiable1651

reputable1671

unsullied1743

unstigmatized1778

undisgraced1812

unstained1863

well-thought-of1865

uncompromised1882

scandal-proof1904

cred1987

c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 1081 The gentileste and ek þe most fre The þriftieste and oon þe beste knyght That yn his tyme was.

c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 202 Ech thrifti sad clerk in logik.

1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 26 Sum thrifty man of seynt Marie paryssh to be at the selyng.

1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 337 ij thrifty comyners, trewe, sufficiant, and feithfulle men.

1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 196 That we may be founde ready, like thriftye servauntes, at the Lordes commyng.

1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 235 (margin) A thryftie man, and proffitable ennimie to gluttonie and al vice.

†b. Of an action or concrete thing: Respectable, decent, becoming, proper, as it should be. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective]

goodOE

proper?c1225

felea1250

featc1325

seeming1338

rightful1340

thriftyc1386

sittingc1390

duea1393

truea1398

goodly1398

convenienta1400

wella1400

seemc1400

likelyc1425

fitc1440

tallc1440

befalling1542

fittinga1616

the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > fitting or proper

methelyeOE

ylikeeOE

fairOE

i-meteOE

rightOE

becomelyc1175

proper?c1225

featc1325

conablea1340

rightful1340

worthyc1350

pursuanda1375

covenable1382

dignec1385

convenablec1386

thriftyc1386

sittingc1390

comenablea1400

gainlya1400

meeta1400

wortha1400

convenientc1400

meetlya1425

suinga1425

fitc1440

tallc1440

worthyc1450

good1477

dueful?a1527

beseeminga1530

fitting1535

straighta1538

decent1539

answerable1542

becoming1565

condecent1575

becomed1599

respective1605

befittinga1612

comely1617

decorous1664

shape-like1672

beseemly1737

farrantly?1748

fitly1840

in order1850

c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Prol. 46 I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn.

c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 238 I sitte at hoom, I haue no thrifty clooth.

c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 31 Draw vppe a þrifti Mylke of Almaundys y-blaunchyd.

c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 34 Make a gode þryfty Syryppe.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 160 The yuel..is pareable and kutteable awey bi good and thrifti bisynes therto sett.

3. Thriving physically; growing with vigour; in good or healthy condition; flourishing.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > thriving

well-likingc1350

well-thrivena1400

in seasonc1400

flowerya1420

thriftyc1440

valent1492

wealthya1538

vegetous1610

vegete1639

thriving1647

florid1656

grush1786

the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > strong, vigorous, or plump

strongOE

thriftyc1440

well-brawneda1450

valiant1542

pubble1566

stout1573

corroborate1581

bunting1584

lusty1600

plump1600

vegetous1610

blought1611

boisterous1622

stocky1622

robust1627

steera1642

vegete1655

jollya1661

vigorous1706

well-to-do1852

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 492/2 Thryfty, vigens.

c1440 Generydes 280 This lady..Brought furth a sonne whiche was a threfte child.

1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 171 Thrifty Oaks, though fleeced of under boughs, yet if not headed, may thrive.

1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 83 In many Forests and Woods, where you have one thrifty Tree, you have twenty unthrifty Ones.

1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. 251 A small but thrifty specimen of the Sequoia, or California tree.

1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 143 A lot of lambs which..have a fresher and thriftier appearance.

1890 M. E. Wilkins Bar Lighth. in Humble Romance (1891) 279 The bush really looked wonderfully thrifty, considering its many drawbacks to growth.

a. Characterized by thrift or frugality; economical, careful of expenditure, sparing, saving; provident.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective] > thrifty or economical

housewifely1526

thrifty1526

compendious1584

economical1601

stewardly1746

managing1753

economic1755

1526 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 20 I wyll if none of my sonnes be thryftie nor woll thryve,..the..feoffees putt..the land to thuse of our ladie aulter.

1647 R. Boyle in Birch Life in Wks. (1772) I. p. xix Thrifty he was extremely, and very skilful in the slights of thrift.

1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 367 Tis no very thrifty way of Transmutation.

1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes iv. 205 Sometimes God's wisdom seems to be as it were thrifty and solicitous not to bestow on an animal..more than is necessary for the use for which 'tis designed.

1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 164 I told my Wife she had been too thrifty, for I found she had starved herself and her Daughter.

1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. vi. 167 Thrifty he was, and full of cares To make the most of his affairs.

a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) III. v. 104 They who are sparing in their younger Days seldom fail to be much more thrifty in their Decline.

c1827 W. Scott Verses in Lockhart lxxiv I've heard your knowing people say, Disown the debt you cannot pay, You'll find it far the thriftiest way.

1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) ii. 35 He was honest,..thrifty and hard-working; and his trade prospered.

1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 3 Wealth would accumulate in the hands of the thrifty.

†b. Well-husbanded. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective] > economizing > saved or economized

thriftya1616

saved1733

economized1793

a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 40 I haue fiue hundred Crownes, The thriftie hire I saued vnder your Father.

†c. transferred (?) Of scanty or meagre dimensions.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of small or scanty extent

narroweOE

straitc1290

scarce1297

scanta1533

pinched?1567

strict1598

thrifty1601

straitened1602

scanty1701

scrimped?c1716

pookit1818

poky1828

postage-stamp-sized1852

poking1864

boxy1870

pocket handkerchief1910

postage stamp1937

1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. iv. sig. F2 Nor can my weake imperfect Memory Now render halfe the formes vnto my tongue, That were conuolu'd within this thrifty Roome.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	thrifty
释义	thriftyadj. Brit. /ˈθrɪfti/, U.S. /ˈθrɪfti/ Etymology: < thrift n.¹ + -y suffix¹. In many early quotations, it is not possible to fix the meaning of this adj.; two or three senses equally well suiting the context. 1. Characterized by success or prosperity (see thrift n.¹ 1); thriving, prosperous, well-to-do, successful, flourishing; fortunate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] i-selic888 wealyc893 blaed-fastOE i-sundfulc1000 full-thrivenc1175 well-donea1200 wealfulc1230 i-selec1275 neotsumc1275 prosperc1350 wealsomea1382 well begonea1393 prosperable?c1422 thriftyc1440 prosperousc1450 quartful?c1475 wealthyc1480 wella1500 prospering1587 felicious1599 thriving1607 felicitous1641 prospered1651 well-faring1712 well-doing1800 made-up1956 c1440 Generydes 1134 Now A dayis I lese all that I wanne, Where here before I was a threfty man. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 5454 A thousaund þro men þrifte in armys. 1545 Bibliotheca Eliotæ at Res Rem augere, to waxe thryfty. 1634 J. Ford Chron. Hist. Perkin Warbeck v. sig. K4 May he proue more thriftie In this worlds just applause, not more desertfull. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xvii. 487 The Ships crew were not so thrifty in bargaining..as single persons. 1860 J. G. Holland Miss Gilbert's Career xxi. 371 The family generally has been getting thrifty in the world. 1865 E. Burritt Walk to Land's End x. 339 This is a thrifty, modern-looking town. 1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 27 Both had become zealous florists, and thrifty, respectable men. 1883 J. W. Sherer At Home & in India 24 No one was in thrifty and independent comfort. †2. a. Of a person: Worthy, worshipful, estimable, respectable, well-living. Cf. thriven adj. 2, thriving adj. 1. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > [adjective] > specifically of person goodlyOE thriftyc1374 duec1449 prettya1450 honest1551 well-qualitied1567 tight1601 of sort1606 reg'lar1814 bricky1864 sublimish1864 the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > good repute > reputability or honourableness > [adjective] faireOE wortheOE worthlyeOE worthfulOE menskful?c1225 toldc1275 digne1297 of price?a1300 worshiply1340 worthya1350 menska1375 thriftyc1374 worshipfula1375 worthilya1375 honesta1382 honourablec1384 unshamedc1384 sada1387 of reputationc1390 well-nameda1393 reverent1398 worthy (worshipful, wise) in wanea1400 celebrable?c1400 honouredc1400 worshipablec1425 substantialc1449 undefameda1450 unreviled?1457 honorousa1500 reputed?1532 well-thought-ona1533 well-spoken1539 credible1543 undespised?1548 imitable1550 famous1555 undistained1565 undefame1578 untarred1579 well-reputed1583 unsoiledc1592 dishonourless1595 well-deemed1595 nameworthy1598 regardful1600 indisgraced1606 credenta1616 undishonoureda1616 unscandalized1618 unscandalous1618 unslandered1622 untainted1627 dignousa1636 undisparaged1636 considerable1641 unbranded1641 glorifiable1651 reputable1671 unsullied1743 unstigmatized1778 undisgraced1812 unstained1863 well-thought-of1865 uncompromised1882 scandal-proof1904 cred1987 c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 1081 The gentileste and ek þe most fre The þriftieste and oon þe beste knyght That yn his tyme was. c1456 R. Pecock Bk. Faith (Trin. Cambr.) (1909) 202 Ech thrifti sad clerk in logik. 1463 in S. Tymms Wills & Inventories Bury St. Edmunds (1850) 26 Sum thrifty man of seynt Marie paryssh to be at the selyng. 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 337 ij thrifty comyners, trewe, sufficiant, and feithfulle men. 1556 J. Olde tr. R. Gwalther Antichrist f. 196 That we may be founde ready, like thriftye servauntes, at the Lordes commyng. 1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 235 (margin) A thryftie man, and proffitable ennimie to gluttonie and al vice. †b. Of an action or concrete thing: Respectable, decent, becoming, proper, as it should be. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > morality > dueness or propriety > [adjective] goodOE proper?c1225 felea1250 featc1325 seeming1338 rightful1340 thriftyc1386 sittingc1390 duea1393 truea1398 goodly1398 convenienta1400 wella1400 seemc1400 likelyc1425 fitc1440 tallc1440 befalling1542 fittinga1616 the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adjective] > fitting or proper methelyeOE ylikeeOE fairOE i-meteOE rightOE becomelyc1175 proper?c1225 featc1325 conablea1340 rightful1340 worthyc1350 pursuanda1375 covenable1382 dignec1385 convenablec1386 thriftyc1386 sittingc1390 comenablea1400 gainlya1400 meeta1400 wortha1400 convenientc1400 meetlya1425 suinga1425 fitc1440 tallc1440 worthyc1450 good1477 dueful?a1527 beseeminga1530 fitting1535 straighta1538 decent1539 answerable1542 becoming1565 condecent1575 becomed1599 respective1605 befittinga1612 comely1617 decorous1664 shape-like1672 beseemly1737 farrantly?1748 fitly1840 in order1850 c1386 G. Chaucer Man of Law's Prol. 46 I kan right now no thrifty tale seyn. c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 238 I sitte at hoom, I haue no thrifty clooth. c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 31 Draw vppe a þrifti Mylke of Almaundys y-blaunchyd. c1430 Two Cookery-bks. 34 Make a gode þryfty Syryppe. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 160 The yuel..is pareable and kutteable awey bi good and thrifti bisynes therto sett. 3. Thriving physically; growing with vigour; in good or healthy condition; flourishing. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > thriving well-likingc1350 well-thrivena1400 in seasonc1400 flowerya1420 thriftyc1440 valent1492 wealthya1538 vegetous1610 vegete1639 thriving1647 florid1656 grush1786 the world > plants > by growth or development > defined by good growth > [adjective] > strong, vigorous, or plump strongOE thriftyc1440 well-brawneda1450 valiant1542 pubble1566 stout1573 corroborate1581 bunting1584 lusty1600 plump1600 vegetous1610 blought1611 boisterous1622 stocky1622 robust1627 steera1642 vegete1655 jollya1661 vigorous1706 well-to-do1852 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 492/2 Thryfty, vigens. c1440 Generydes 280 This lady..Brought furth a sonne whiche was a threfte child. 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 171 Thrifty Oaks, though fleeced of under boughs, yet if not headed, may thrive. 1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry (1721) II. 83 In many Forests and Woods, where you have one thrifty Tree, you have twenty unthrifty Ones. 1862 B. Taylor At Home & Abroad 2nd Ser. 251 A small but thrifty specimen of the Sequoia, or California tree. 1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 143 A lot of lambs which..have a fresher and thriftier appearance. 1890 M. E. Wilkins Bar Lighth. in Humble Romance (1891) 279 The bush really looked wonderfully thrifty, considering its many drawbacks to growth. 4. a. Characterized by thrift or frugality; economical, careful of expenditure, sparing, saving; provident. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective] > thrifty or economical housewifely1526 thrifty1526 compendious1584 economical1601 stewardly1746 managing1753 economic1755 1526 in F. Collins Wills & Admin. Knaresborough Court Rolls (1902) I. 20 I wyll if none of my sonnes be thryftie nor woll thryve,..the..feoffees putt..the land to thuse of our ladie aulter. 1647 R. Boyle in Birch Life in Wks. (1772) I. p. xix Thrifty he was extremely, and very skilful in the slights of thrift. 1666 R. Boyle Origine Formes & Qualities 367 Tis no very thrifty way of Transmutation. 1688 R. Boyle Disquis. Final Causes iv. 205 Sometimes God's wisdom seems to be as it were thrifty and solicitous not to bestow on an animal..more than is necessary for the use for which 'tis designed. 1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 164 I told my Wife she had been too thrifty, for I found she had starved herself and her Daughter. 1746 P. Francis & W. Dunkin tr. Horace Satires ii. vi. 167 Thrifty he was, and full of cares To make the most of his affairs. a1768 T. Secker Serm. Several Subj. (1770) III. v. 104 They who are sparing in their younger Days seldom fail to be much more thrifty in their Decline. c1827 W. Scott Verses in Lockhart lxxiv I've heard your knowing people say, Disown the debt you cannot pay, You'll find it far the thriftiest way. 1859 S. Smiles Self-help (1860) ii. 35 He was honest,..thrifty and hard-working; and his trade prospered. 1872 J. Yeats Growth Commerce 3 Wealth would accumulate in the hands of the thrifty. †b. Well-husbanded. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [adjective] > economizing > saved or economized thriftya1616 saved1733 economized1793 a1616 W. Shakespeare As you like It (1623) ii. iii. 40 I haue fiue hundred Crownes, The thriftie hire I saued vnder your Father. View more context for this quotation †c. transferred (?) Of scanty or meagre dimensions. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of small or scanty extent narroweOE straitc1290 scarce1297 scanta1533 pinched?1567 strict1598 thrifty1601 straitened1602 scanty1701 scrimped?c1716 pookit1818 poky1828 postage-stamp-sized1852 poking1864 boxy1870 pocket handkerchief1910 postage stamp1937 1601 B. Jonson Fountaine of Selfe-love iii. iv. sig. F2 Nor can my weake imperfect Memory Now render halfe the formes vnto my tongue, That were conuolu'd within this thrifty Roome. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.c1374
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