waster

English

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈweɪstə/
  • Rhymes: -eɪstə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

From Middle English wastere, waister, wastar, wastour, equivalent to waste +‎ -er. Compare Anglo-Norman wastur, Old French gastëor.

Noun

waster (plural wasters)

  1. Someone or something that wastes; someone who squanders or spends extravagantly.
  2. (dialectal) An imperfection in the wick of a candle, causing it to waste.
  3. A destroyer.
Synonyms
  • (one who spends extravagantly): For semantic relationships of this sense, see spendthrift in the Thesaurus.
  • (imperfection in the wick): thief
Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Unknown

Noun

waster (plural wasters)

  1. (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: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , II.3.6:
      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.
  2. (obsolete, Scotland) A leister; a spear for catching fish.

Anagrams

Old French

Verb

waster

  1. (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
infinitive waster avoir wasté
gerund en wastant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— waste — wastons wastez —

Descendants

  • English: waste (borrowed)
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