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candle-waster

candle-waster is the alternative form of candlewaster.

Meaning of candlewaster

Noun

candlewaster (plural candlewasters)

  1. (derogatory, obsolete) One who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.
    • If such a one will smile and stroke his beard, / And, sorrow wag, cry 'hem!' when he should groan, / Patch grief with proverbs, make misfortune drunk / With candle-wasters—bring him yet to me, / And I of him will gather patience.c. 1598–1599, William Shakespeare, Much Ado About Nothing, act 5, scene 1
    Synonyms:
    scholar, student

Forms of candle-waster

pluralcandle-wasters

Questions about candle-waster

What is candle-waster the alternative form of?
Candle-waster is the alternative form of candlewaster.

Words near candle-waster in the dictionary

  1. candle-shade
  2. candle-shades
  3. candle-snuffer
  4. candle-stub
  5. candle-stubs
  6. candle-waster
  7. candle-wasters
  8. candle-wasting
  9. candle-wastings
  10. candle-wick
  11. candle-wicks

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