candlewaster
candlewaster noun: one who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.
Noun
candlewaster (plural candlewasters)
- 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
- Heart, was there ever so prosperous an invention thus unluckily perverted and spoiled by a whoreson book-worm, a candle-waster?1600, Ben Jonson, Cynthia's Revels, act 3, scene 2
Synonyms of candlewaster
Forms of candlewaster
| plural | candlewasters |
|---|---|
| alternative form | candle-waster |
Origin of candlewaster
From candle + waster.
Questions about candlewaster
- What does candlewaster mean?
- Candlewaster means one who consumes candles by staying up late reading and studying; a student.
- What part of speech is candlewaster?
- Candlewaster is a noun.
- What is the plural of candlewaster?
- The plural of candlewaster is candlewasters.
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