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A spendthrift (also called profligate) is someone who spends money prodigiously and who is extravagant and recklessly wasteful, often to a point where the spending climbs well beyond his or her means. The word derives from an obsolete sense of the word "thrift" to mean prosperity rather than frugality,〔(thefreedictionary.com ), "thrift"〕 so that a "spendthrift" is one who has spent their prosperity.〔(World Wide Words ), "how thrift applied to spend can end up being someone who is not thrifty"〕 Historical figures who have been characterized as spendthrifts include Karl Marx,〔"Marx was notoriously incapable of keeping accounts, and (wife ) Jenny was a regular customer of the London pawnbrokers." Kołakowski, Leszek (1978). ''Main Currents of Marxism, Vol I: The Founders'', Oxford: Clarendon Press, ISBN 0192851071 p. 193-194〕〔"Engels was always sending Marx money; when he finally retired from the family firm, he made Marx an annuity of £350—several times more than the average family lived on but not enough for Marx, who always adjusted his spending to a level above what his benefactors supplied." Roger Kimball, "(The Death of Socialism )", ''New Criterion'' April 2002, accessed 20 November 2012〕 George IV of Great Britain, King Ludwig II of Bavaria,〔Gerhard Hojer (ed.): ''König Ludwig II.-Museum Herrenchiemsee. Katalog'' (Munich, 1986, p. 137)〕 and Marie Antoinette.〔, Fraser, Antonia (2001). Marie Antoinette (1st ed.). New York: N.A. Talese/Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-48948-5 p. 226〕 The term is often used by the press as an adjective applied to governments who are thought to be wasting public money.〔Westmore, Peter (2011). "(Why Portuguese voters punished spendthrift Government )" ''News Weekly'', June 25, 2011, accessed 20 November 2012〕〔"In capitals such as Athens, Madrid and Rome, large portions of the sovereign debt racked up by spendthrift governments are owed to the countries' own banks..." Chu, Henry and Lauren Frayer (2012). "(Europe's governments, banks perilously entwined: Much of the crushing debt that was racked up by the former is owed to the latter )." ''Los Angeles Times'', 19 May 2012, accessed 20 November 2012〕 ==Etymology== While the pair of words may seem to imply the opposite of its meaning (as if you are thrifty in your spending), it follows the tradition of the earlier word "scattergood", the first part being an undoing of the second.〔Etymology Online: (Spendthrift ) ''c.1600, from spend + thrift in sense of "savings, profits, wealth." Replaced earlier scattergood (1570s) and spend-all (1550s).''〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spendthrift」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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