squander

/ˈskwɒnd.ə/

Etymology

Earliest uses (late 16th c.) "to spend recklessly or prodigiously", also "to scatter over a wide area". Of unknown origin. Perhaps a blend of scatter + wander. Compare Danish skvætte (rare)/skvatte (“to splash”) (nominalised: skvæt), Icelandic skvetta (“to squirt”), Swedish skvätta (“to splash”), Norwegian Bokmål skvette.

squander means to waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.

squander is pronounced /ˈskwɒnd.ə/.

verb

To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.“.”
To scatter; to disperse.“[…]our ſquander’d Troops he rallies:[…]”
To wander at random; to scatter.“[…]The Wiſe-mans folly is anathomiz’d / Euen by ſquandring glances of the foole.”