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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