Waster

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈweɪstÉ™/
• Rhymes: -eɪstÉ™(ɹ)

Partly from Anglo-Norman wastere, wastour, partly from waste + -er.

Full definition of waster

Noun

1. Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
2. (dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.

Synonyms

Derived terms

• time-waster

Origin unknown.

Noun

1. (obsolete, chiefly fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
• 1621, Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy, II.3.6:Or, as they that play at wasters exercise themselves by a few cudgels how to avoid an enemy's blows, let us arm ourselves against all such violent incursions which may invade our minds.

Anagrams

• rawest, waters