wastrel, waster
(noun) someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wastrel (countable and uncountable, plural wastrels)
(countable, dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.
(countable, obsolete) A neglected child.
(uncountable, obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.
• See also spendthrift
• Walters, walters, wrastle
Source: Wiktionary
Wast"rel, n.
1. Any waste thing or substance; as: (a) Waste land or common land. [Obs.] Carew. (b) A profligate. [Prov. Eng.] (c) A neglected child; a street Arab. [Eng.]
2. Anything cast away as bad or useless, as imperfect bricks, china, etc. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2025
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
