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Webster 1913 Edition
Waster
1.
One who, or that which, wastes; one who squanders; one who consumes or expends extravagantly; a spendthrift; a prodigal.
He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great
waster
. Prov. xviii. 9.
Sconces are great
wasters
of candles. Swift.
2.
An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste; – called also a
thief
. Halliwell.
3.
A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
Half a dozen of veneys at
wasters
with a good fellow for a broken head. Beau. & Fl.
Being unable to wield the intellectual arms of reason, they are fain to betake them unto
wasters
. Sir T. Browne.
Webster 1828 Edition
Waster
WASTER
,Noun.
1.
One who is prodigal; one who squanders property; one who consumes extravagantly or without use.He also that is slothful in his work, is brother to him who is a great waster. Proverbs 18.
Sconces are great wasters of candles.
2.
A kind of cudgel.Definition 2024
waster
waster
English
Noun
waster (plural wasters)
- Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
- (dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
- A destroyer
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Proverbs 18:9:
- He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
- 1611, Bible (KJV), Proverbs 18:9:
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:spendthrift
Derived terms
Translations
imperfection in the wick
destroyer in Proverbs
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Etymology 2
Origin unknown.
Noun
waster (plural wasters)
- (obsolete, chiefly fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.6:
- Or, as they that play at wasters exercise themselves by a few cudgels how to avoid an enemy's blows, let us arm ourselves against all such violent incursions which may invade our minds.
- 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.6:
Anagrams
Old French
Verb
waster
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of gaster
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
-
E li Paens ont tot wasté
- And the peasants destroyed everything
-
E li Paens ont tot wasté
-
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of waster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | waster | avoir wasté | |||||
| gerund | en wastant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | wastant | ||||||
| past participle | wasté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | wast | wastes | waste | wastons | wastez | wastent |
| imperfect | wastoie, wasteie, wastoe, wasteve | wastoies, wasteies, wastoes, wasteves | wastoit, wasteit, wastot, wasteve | wastiiens, wastiens | wastiiez, wastiez | wastoient, wasteient, wastoent, wastevent | |
| preterite | wastai | wastas | wasta | wastames | wastastes | wasterent | |
| future | wasterai | wasteras | wastera | wasterons | wasteroiz, wastereiz, wasterez | wasteront | |
| conditional | wasteroie, wastereie | wasteroies, wastereies | wasteroit, wastereit | wasteriiens, wasteriens | wasteriiez, wasteriez | wasteroient, wastereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | wast | waz | wast | wastons | wastez | wastent |
| imperfect | wastasse | wastasses | wastast | wastissons, wastissiens | wastissoiz, wastissez, wastissiez | wastassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | waste | — | wastons | wastez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: waste (borrowed)