wastful
Middle English
Alternative forms
- waastful, wastefulle, wastfull
Etymology
From wast (“desolate”) + -ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwaːstful/, /ˈwastful/
Noun
wastful (uncountable) (rare, Late Middle English)
- wasteful, profligate
- empty, deserted
- destructive, devastating
Descendants
- English: wasteful
References
- “wā̆stful̄, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.