| 单词 | wanthrifty | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈwanthrifty   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. ΘΚΠ 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. < as lemmas  | 
	
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