Etymology

spendthrift

spend·thrift
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Today it means: Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. Full definition →

First used late 16th c.
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The story

From spend + thrift (“(archaic) savings; profits; wealth”).

First known use, by meaning

  • from late 16th c. Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.

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