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Webster 1913 Edition
Unthrift
Un′thriftˊ
,Noun.
1.
Want of thrift; unthriftiness; prodigality.
2.
An unthrifty person.
[Obs.]
Dryden.
Un-thrift′
,Adj.
Unthrifty.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Unthrift
UN'THRIFT
,Noun.
Definition 2024
unthrift
unthrift
English
Noun
unthrift (plural unthrifts)
- A lack of thriftiness; prodigality.
- (now rare) Someone who is not thrifty; a spendthrift, someone who is not careful with their money.
- 1633, John Donne, "The Autumnall":
- But name not Winter-faces, whose skin's slacke; / Lanke, as an unthrifts purse [...].
- 1633, John Donne, "The Autumnall":
Adjective
unthrift (comparative more unthrift, superlative most unthrift)