Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

candlewaster

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: can-dle-waster
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.

Derogatory; Obsolete

Example Sentences

"If such a one will smile and stroke his beard, / And, sorrow wag, cry 'hem!' when he should groan, / Patch grief with proverbs, make misfortune drunk / With candle-wasters—bring him yet to me, / And I of him will gather patience."
"Heart, was there ever so prosperous an invention thus unluckily perverted and spoiled by a whoreson book-worm, a candle-waster?"

Etymology

From candle + waster.

Usage

Inflected Forms

candlewasters (plural) candle-waster (alternative)

Phrases

candle-wasting

Frequently Paired Words

candle-wasting

Synonyms

scholar student

Questions

What does candlewaster mean?: One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.
Where does candlewaster come from?: From candle + waster.

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