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Webster 1913 Edition

Candlewaster

Can′dle-wastˊer

,

Noun.

One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.

A bookworm, a

candlewaster

.

B. Jonson.

Definition 2024

candlewaster

candlewaster

English

Noun

candlewaster ‎(plural candlewasters)

(obsolete) One who consumes candles by staying up late.
A bookworm, a candlewaster. — Ben Jonson.