waster
/ˈweɪstə/ · noun
Meaning
- Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
- An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
- A destroyer or plunderer.
- An item that is spoiled during its manufacture.
- A kind of cudgel; also, a blunt-edged sword used as a foil.
- A leister; a spear for catching fish.
Etymology / origin
From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste + -er. Compare Anglo-Norman wastur, Old French gastëor.
- gastëor(fro)→
- wastur(xno)→
- wastere(Middle English)→
- waster (English)
- Relations: inh, cog, cog
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