different between spendthrift vs inordinate

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)

1. Improvident, profligate, or wasteful. [from late 16th c.]
2. Extravagant or lavish.

Antonyms

• frugal
• thrifty

Translations

Noun

spendthrift (plural spendthrifts)

1. 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

English

Etymology

From Latin inordinatus (“not arranged, disordered, irregular”), from in- + ordinatus, past participle of ordinare (“to arrange, order”); see ordinate, order.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?n???d?n?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n???dn??t/

Adjective

inordinate (comparative more inordinate, superlative most inordinate)

1. Excessive; unreasonable or inappropriate in magnitude; extreme.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:excessive

Translations

Further reading

• inordinate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• inordinate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Latin

Adjective

in?rdin?te

1. vocative masculine singular of in?rdin?tus

References

• inordinate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• inordinate in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette