About The Word Prodigal
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Prodigal
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What's The Definition Of Prodigal?
[n] a recklessly extravagant consumer
[adj] very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his mother a quarter and he thought them munificent"; "prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to Britain" [adj] marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life" [adj] recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" Synonyms | Synonyms for Prodigal: extravagant | generous | improvident | lavish | munificent | overgenerous | profligate | profligate | spendthrift | squanderer | too-generous | unsparing | unstinted | unstinting | wasteful Related Terms | Find terms related to Prodigal: See Also | consumer | spend-all | spender | spendthrift | waster | wastrel Prodigal In Webster's Dictionary \Prod"i*gal\, a. [L. prodigus, from prodigere to drive
forth, to squander away; pro forward, forth + agere to drive;
cf. F. prodigue. See {Agent}. ]
Given to extravagant expenditure; expending money or other
things without necessity; recklessly or viciously profuse;
lavish; wasteful; not frugal or economical; as, a prodigal
man; the prodigal son; prodigal giving; prodigal expenses.
In fighting fields [patriots] were prodigal of blood.
--Dryden.
Syn: Profuse; lavish; extravagant; squandering; wasteful. See
{Profuse}.
\Prod"i*gal\, n. One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift. ``Noble prodigals of life.'' --Trench. |
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