"Spendthrift" actually means the opposite of thrifty: spending extravagantly, wastefully, prodigiously. It's deeply counterintuitive, isn't it? From what I gather, it originated from people who spent the fruits of inherited thrift.
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"Spendthrift" actually means the opposite of thrifty: spending extravagantly, wastefully, prodigiously. It's deeply counterintuitive, isn't it? From what I gather, it originated from people who spent the fruits of inherited thrift.