waster
English
Pronunciation
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- 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.
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version
- He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster.
- Template:RQ:Authorized Version
- An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.
Synonyms
- (one who spends extravagantly): See Thesaurus:spendthrift
- (imperfection in the wick): thief
Derived terms
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, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, 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.
- (obsolete, Scotland) A leister; a spear for catching fish.
Anagrams
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
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 | gerund of avoir + 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 | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | waste | — | wastons | wastez | — |
Descendants
- → English: waste
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