Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wastegood

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: waste-good
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"This firſt, whom by his careleſſe ſlovenly gate, at firſt ſight, I imagined to be a Poet, is a waſte good and an unthrift, that he is born to make the taverns rich, and himſelfe a begger[…]"
"Ayoong Heyre or Corkney, that is his Mothers Darling, if he haue playde the waste-good at the Innes of the Court or about London, and that neither his Students pension, nor his vnthrifts credite will serue to maintaine his Collidge of whores any longer[…]"
"Give my waste-good your stuffs, and go with my cousin, sir; he'll presently despatch you."

Etymology

From waste + good.

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

wastegoods (plural) waste good (alternative) waste-good (alternative)

Synonyms

scattergood wastethrift

Questions

What does wastegood mean?: A spendthrift.
Where does wastegood come from?: From waste + good.

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