Spendthrift
A spendthrift (also called profligate) is someone who spends money prodigiously and who is extravagant and recklessly wasteful, often to a point where the spending climbs well beyond his or her means. The origin of the word is someone who is able to spend money acquired by the thrift of predecessors or ancestors.
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Famous quotes containing the word spendthrift:
“The spendthrift rich never have enough, but the thrifty poor always have a little put by.”
—Chinese proverb.
“We must have more money, that’s all there is to it. There must be more money.”
—Anthony Pélissier. The constant complaint of the spendthrift Mrs. Grahame (1949)