- a person who wastes; esp., a spendthrift
- good-for-nothing
Origin of wastrel
diminutive of wasterwastrel
wast·relWebster's New World College Dictionary, Fifth Edition Copyright © 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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wastrel
noun
- One who wastes, especially one who wastes money; a profligate.
- An idler or a loafer.
Origin of wastrel
wast(e) -rel (as in scoundrel )THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Origin
1847, waste +"Ž -rel (“(pejorative)").
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