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Prodigality

Prodigality Meaning & Definition
Prodigality Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Prodigality?

[n] excessive spending
[n] the trait of spending extravagantly

Synonyms | Synonyms for Prodigality: extravagance | extravagance | high life | highlife | lavishness | profligacy

Related Terms | Find terms related to Prodigality:

See Also | dissipation | improvidence | shortsightedness | waste | wastefulness

Prodigality In Webster's Dictionary

\Prod`i*gal"i*ty\, n. [F. prodigalit['e], L. prodigalitas. See {Prodigal}.] Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to {frugality}, {economy}, and {parsimony}.``The prodigality of his wit.'' --Dryden.

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