English Dictionary

wastrel

noun

(countable, dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly. / (countable, obsolete) A neglected child. / (uncountable, obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.

He was known as a wastrel, always spending his money on frivolous things.

意味（1）

(countable, dated) One who is profligate, who wastes time or resources extravagantly.

And so with one thing and other the auld witch raised the fiends of jealousy in that innocent heart. She would cry out that Heriotside was an ill-doing wastrel, and had no business to come and flatter honest lassies.

意味（2）

(countable, obsolete) A neglected child.

意味（3）

(uncountable, obsolete) Refuse; rubbish.