waster
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈweɪstə/
- Rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ)
Audio (UK) (file)
Etymology 1
From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman wastur, Old French gastëor.
Noun
waster (plural wasters)
- Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
- (dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
- A destroyer.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Proverbs 18:9:
- He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
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- An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.
Synonyms
- (one who spends extravagantly): See Thesaurus:spendthrift
- (imperfection in the wick): thief
Derived terms
- time-waster
Translations
one that wastes
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imperfection in the wick
destroyer in Proverbs
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Etymology 2
Unknown
Noun
waster (plural wasters)
- (obsolete, chiefly fencing) A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition II, section 3, member 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.
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- (obsolete, Scotland) A leister; a spear for catching fish.
Anagrams
- Waters, Westra, rawest, tawers, waters
Old French
Verb
waster
- (Anglo-Norman) Alternative form of gaster
- circa 1170, Wace, Le Roman de Rou:
- E li Paens ont tot wasté
- And the peasants destroyed everything
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Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-sts, *-stt are modified to z, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of waster (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | waster | avoir wasté | |||||
| gerund | en wastant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | wastant | ||||||
| past participle | wasté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | wast | wastes | waste | wastons | wastez | wastent |
| imperfect | wastoie, wasteie, wastoe, wasteve | wastoies, wasteies, wastoes, wasteves | wastoit, wasteit, wastot, wasteve | wastiiens, wastiens | wastiiez, wastiez | wastoient, wasteient, wastoent, wastevent | |
| preterite | wastai | wastas | wasta | wastames | wastastes | wasterent | |
| future | wasterai | wasteras | wastera | wasterons | wasteroiz, wastereiz, wasterez | wasteront | |
| conditional | wasteroie, wastereie | wasteroies, wastereies | wasteroit, wastereit | wasteriiens, wasteriens | wasteriiez, wasteriez | wasteroient, wastereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | wast | waz | wast | wastons | wastez | wastent |
| imperfect | wastasse | wastasses | wastast | wastissons, wastissiens | wastissoiz, wastissez, wastissiez | wastassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | waste | — | wastons | wastez | — | ||
Descendants
- English: waste (borrowed)