Word Meanings - UNTHRIFT - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality. 2. An unthrifty. Dryden.

Related words: (words related to UNTHRIFT)

• UNTHRIFTY
  Not thrifty; profuse. Spenser.
• THRIFTINESS
  The quality or state of being thrifty; thrift.
• THRIFTILY
  1. In a thrifty manner. 2. Carefully; properly; becomingly. A young clerk . . . in Latin thriftily them gret . Chaucer.
• THRIFTLESS
  Without thrift; not prudent or prosperous in money affairs. -- Thrift"less*ly, adv. -- Thrift"less*ness, n.
• THRIFT
  One of several species of flowering plants of the genera Statice and Armeria. Common thrift , Armeria vulgaris; -- also called sea pink. Syn. -- Frugality; economy; prosperity; gain; profit. (more info) 1. A thriving state; good husbandry;
• PRODIGALITY
  Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony."The prodigality of his wit." Dryden.
• THRIFTY
  1. Given to, or evincing, thrift; characterized by economy and good menegement of property; sparing; frugal. Her chaffer was so thrifty and so new. Chaucer. I am glad he hath so much youth and vigor left, of which he hath not been thrifty. Swift.
• WASTETHRIFT
  A spendthrift.
• SPENDTHRIFT
  One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis.
• SPENDTHRIFTY
  Spendthrift; prodigal.
• UNTHRIFT
  1. Want of thrift; untriftiness; prodigality. 2. An unthrifty. Dryden.
• UNTHRIFTIHEAD; UNTHRIFTIHOOD
  Untriftiness. Spenser.
• UNTHRIFTINESS
  The quality or state or being unthrifty; profuseness; lavishness. Udall.
• UNTHRIFTFULLY
  Not thriftily. "Unthriftfully spent." Sir J. Cheke.
• DINGTHRIFT
  A spendthrift. Wilt thou, therefore, a drunkard be, A dingthrift and a knave Drant.
• SLIPTHRIFT
  A spendthrift.
• UNTHRIFTILY
  1. Not thriftily. 2. Improperly; unbecomingly. Chaucer.