spendthrift
Americannoun
adjective
noun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of spendthrift
Explanation
A spendthrift person is reckless and wasteful with his money. If you're a spendthrift, you might find yourself in debt. However, it might be fun to have a spendthrift friend who likes to treat you to expensive lunches and lavish gifts. Spendthrift was created by sticking two opposite words together: spend and thrift, which means “savings, wealth.” So a spendthrift spends all of his savings. Spendthrift people are the worst nightmare of retirement planners and Scrooges all over the globe. So unless you want to be called a spendthrift, think twice about your next purchase.
Vocabulary lists containing spendthrift
The Catcher in the Rye
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A Doll's House
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Intermediate, List 9
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Example Sentences
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Monomoy Girl will return to Spendthrift Farm in Lexington to become a broodmare, though her breeding plans were not immediately known.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 23, 2021
Spendthrift Farm, the legendary Lexington, Ky., thoroughbred ranch Hughes bought a decade and a half ago, said in a statement on its website that he died at his residence there surrounded by family.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2021
One of his more loyal stables, Spendthrift Farm, moved six of its horses from Baffert’s barn.
From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2021
The colt is owned by Spendthrift Farm, Madaket Stables, Starlight Racing and MyRaceHorse Stable, which allows people to own a very, very small part of the horse for a modest investment.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2020
In Oliver, Lope de Vega, and Sir Amadas the motive of The Spendthrift Knight appears together with the change or combination just referred to.
From The Grateful Dead The History of a Folk Story by Gerould, Gordon Hall
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