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spend⋅thrift

  [spend-thrift]
–noun
1. a person who spends possessions or money extravagantly or wastefully; prodigal.
–adjective
2. wastefully extravagant; prodigal.
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Origin:
1595–1605; spend + thrift

Synonyms:
2. wasteful, improvident, profligate.
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spend·thrift   (spěnd'thrĭft')   
n.  One who spends money recklessly or wastefully.
adj.  Wasteful or extravagant: spendthrift bureaucrats.

[spend + thrift, accumulated wealth (obsolete).]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

spendthrift 
1601, from spend + thrift in sense of "savings, profits, wealth." Replaced earlier scattergood (1577) and spend-all (1553).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Main Entry: spend·thrift
Pronunciation: 'spend-"thrift
Function: noun
: a person who spends money foolishly, profusely, or wastefully

Main Entry: spendthrift
Function: adjective
1 : of, relating to, or being a spendthrift
2 : of or relating to a spendthrift trust
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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