wastrel

Meanings

• noun

  A person who wastefully expends resources or time, especially money.

  - "He was a wastrel, spending his inheritance on luxury items."
  - "Despite her best efforts, her brother remained a wastrel."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with wastrel
astonish , chastise , distill , enthrall , infatuate , listen , misdemean , narrate , palliate , peregrinate , reprisal , satiate , subjugate , talliate , tremble , wrestle

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Variants

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wastrel , wastrels

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Etymology

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Originally, a wastrel was a person who had been disinherited or had forfeited his inheritance through prodigal living.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'wastrel' originated in Middle English, derived from the Old French word 'wastel', meaning 'useless or worthless'.

2. In Shakespeare's play 'King Lear', the character Edmund refers to his illegitimate brother as a 'wastrel'.

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Related Concepts

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1. prodigal: A person who spends money or resources excessively or wastefully, especially on themselves.

2. prodigality: The quality of being wasteful or extravagant, especially with money.

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Culture

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In literature, wastrels are often depicted as prodigal sons or young people who squander their inheritance or opportunities.

How to Memorize "wastrel"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a person spending money recklessly or a leaking faucet wasting water.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'wastrel' with the image of a person squandering their resources.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Wasteful And Spending Time Ridiculously Extravagantly' to remember the definition of wastrel.

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