Definitions for spendthrift
ˈspɛndˌθrɪftspend·thrift

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spendthrift, spend-all, spender, scattergoodadjective

   someone who spends money prodigally

2. extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthriftadjective

   recklessly wasteful

   "prodigal in their expenditures"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. spendthriftnoun

   Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.

2. spendthriftadjective

   Wasteful, improvident or profligate.

3. spendthriftadjective

   Lavish or extravagant.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spendthriftnoun

   A prodigal; a lavisher.

   Etymology: spend and thrift.

   Bitter cold weather starved both the bird and the spendthrift. Roger L'Estrange.

   Some fawning usurer does feed
   With present sums th’ unwary spendthrift’s need. Dryden.

   Most men, like spendthrift heirs, judge a little in hand better than a great deal to come. John Locke.

   The son, bred in sloth, becomes a spendthrift, a profligate, and goes out of the world a beggar. Jonathan Swift.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spendthrift

   A spendthrift (also profligate or prodigal) is someone who is extravagant and recklessly wasteful with money, often to a point where the spending climbs well beyond his or her means. "Spendthrift" derives from an obsolete sense of the word "thrift" to mean prosperity rather than frugality, so a "spendthrift" is one who has spent their prosperity.Historical figures who have been characterised as spendthrifts include George IV of the United Kingdom, King Ludwig II of Bavaria, and Marie Antoinette the Queen of France.The term is often used by news media as an adjective applied to governments who are thought to be wasting public money.

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1. spendthrift

   A spendthrift is a person who spends money in an extravagant, irresponsible or wasteful manner, without considering future needs or potential financial difficulties. This term typically has a negative connotation, suggesting a lack of financial discipline or planning.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spendthriftnoun

   one who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively

2. Spendthriftadjective

   prodigal; extravagant; wasteful

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1. Spendthrift

   A spendthrift is someone who spends money prodigiously and who is extravagant and recklessly wasteful, often to a point where the spending climbs well beyond his or her means. The word derives from an obsolete sense of the word "thrift" to mean prosperity rather than frugality, so that a "spendthrift" is one who has spent his prosperity. Historical figures who have been characterized as spendthrifts include German philosopher Karl Marx George IV of Great Britain, King Ludwig II of Bavaria, and Marie Antoinette. The term is often used by the press as an adjective applied to governments who are thought to be wasting public money.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Spendthrift

   spend′thrift, n. one who spends the savings of thrift: a prodigal.—adj. excessively lavish. [Spend and thrift.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of spendthrift in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of spendthrift in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of spendthrift in a Sentence

1. Victor Cousin:

   All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things, that the indolent man and the laborious man, the spendthrift and the economist, the imprudent and the wise, should obtain and enjoy an equal amount of goods.

2. Victor Cousin:

   All men have an equal right to the free development of their faculties; they have an equal right to the impartial protection of the state; but it is not true, it is against all the laws of reason and equity, it is against the eternal nature of things, that the indolent man and the laborious man, the spendthrift and the economist, the imprudent and the wise, should obtain and enjoy an equal amount of goods.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=spendthrift
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Spendthrift
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=spendthrift
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spendthrift
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spendthrift
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=spendthrift
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=spendthrift