different between spendthrift vs impetuous
spendthrift
English
Etymology
spend +? thrift (“(archaic) gain; prosperity”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?sp?n(d)???ft/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?sp?n(d)????ft/
- Hyphenation: spend?thrift
Adjective
spendthrift (comparative more spendthrift, superlative most spendthrift)
- Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. [from late 16th c.]
- Extravagant or lavish.
Antonyms
- frugal
- thrifty
Translations
Noun
spendthrift (plural spendthrifts)
- Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
Synonyms
- See Thesaurus:spendthrift
Antonyms
- miser
- skinflint
Derived terms
- spendthrift trust
- spendthriftily
- spendthriftiness
- spendthrifty
Translations
References
Further reading
- spendthrift on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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impetuous
English
Etymology
From Middle English impetuous, from Old French impetueux, from Late Latin impetu?sus (“violent”), from Latin impetus (“attack, violence”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /im?p?t?u?s/
Adjective
impetuous (comparative more impetuous, superlative most impetuous)
- Making arbitrary decisions, especially in an impulsive and forceful manner.
- 1880, John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopaedia of Music, "Beethoven, Louis Van":
- But it was natural, that the impetuous, restless young artist should incline more to excess of strength than of delicacy in his playing.
- 1880, John Weeks Moore, Complete Encyclopaedia of Music, "Beethoven, Louis Van":
- Characterized by sudden violence or vehemence.
- 1794, Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, vol. II, chapter I:
- He stands, and views in the faint rays
Far, far below, the torrent's rising surge,
And listens to the wild impetuous roar
- He stands, and views in the faint rays
- 1917 rev. 1925, Ezra Pound, "Canto I"
- Unsheathed the narrow sword,
- I sat to keep off the impetuous impotent dead ...
- 1794, Ann Radcliffe, The Mysteries of Udolpho, vol. II, chapter I:
Synonyms
- impulsive
- hasty
- rash
- hotheaded
Derived terms
- impetuously
- impetuousness
Translations
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