waster

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
  2. noun a person who destroys or ruins or lays waste to

Etymology

From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman wastur, Old French gastëor.

In classic literature

Synonyms

wastrel

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