Spendthrift

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spendthrift \Spend"thrift`\, n.
     One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal;
     one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used
     figuratively.
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           A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. --Mrs.
                                                    R. H. Davis.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spendthrift \Spend"thrift\, a.
     Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  spendthrift
       adj : recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn:
             {extravagant}, {prodigal}, {profligate}]
       n : someone who spends money prodigally [syn: {spend-all}, {spender},
            {scattergood}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  26 Moby Thesaurus words for "spendthrift":
     big-time spender, dissipative, easy come, easy go, extravagant,
     improvident, incontinent, intemperate, lavish, overgenerous,
     overlavish, overliberal, penny-wise and pound-foolish,
     pound-foolish, prodigal, prodigal son, profligate, profuse,
     spend-all, spender, squanderer, squandering, wasteful, waster,
     wastethrift, wastrel
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  SPENDTHRIFT. By the Rev. Stat. of Vermont, tit. 16, c. 65, s. 9, spendthrift 
  is defined to be a person who by excessive drinking) gaming, idleness or 
  debauchery of any kind, shall so spend, waste, or lessen his estate as to 
  expose himself or his family to want or suffering, or expose the town to 
  charge or expense, for support of himself or family.