squander

Mane (Îngilîzî)

  1. To waste, lavish, splurge; to spend lavishly or profusely; to dissipate.
  2. (obsolete) To scatter; to disperse.
  3. (obsolete) To wander at random; to scatter.

Têgeh

israf

Pircarînî

25k
Wekî (IPA) tê bilêvkirin
/ˈskwɒnd.ə/
Etîmolojî (Îngilîzî)

In summary

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.

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