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单词 wanthrifty
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ˈwanthrifty
ˈwanthrifty adj. (a) = wanthriven adj. (obsolete); (b) not thrifty; extravagant, spendthrift. Sc. National Dict. (at Wanthrift) records this word as still in use in sense (b) (in form wantrifty) in Shetland in 1973.
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the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective] > thriftless
unthrifty1532
unthrift?a1562
thriftless1576
wanthrifty1621
1621 A. Montgomerie Flyting with Polwart (Hart) sig. Bv Vyle venemous viper, wanthriftiest [a1585 Tullibardine wanthreivinest] of things.
1827 C. I. Johnstone Elizabeth de Bruce I. iii. 51 To gi'e waster, wanthrifty men, the power and spending o' a douce maiden's sair-won penny.
1882 Argyllshire Herald 3 June He was a bit wanthrifty naughlat o' a wishless craytor.
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