Sekirov Dictionary

spendthrift

/ˈspɛn(d)θɹɪft/

adjective 2
noun 2
forms 3

adjective2

Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
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Extravagant or lavish.
- This feels like a significant league title in more ways than one. It is now 14 years since Roman Abramovich emerged as an spendthrift presence in west London. — 2017

noun2

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Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
- Prodigue, & grand beuveur de vin n'a du sien ne four, ne moulin: Pro. The drunken spendthrift vvasts his best possessions. — 1611
(figurative) Anything that distributes its attributes profusely, without restraint.

forms

spendthrifts · more spendthrift · most spendthrift

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