Etymology: [ 'prä-di-g&l ] (adjective.) circa 1520. From Late Latin prodigalis (“wasteful”) Latin prodigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”) prodigere (“to consume, squander, drive forth”) pro (“before, forward”) + agere (“to drive”).
wastefully extravagant, profuse, lavishly abundant, someone yielding profusely, lavish, A prodigal person, a spendthrift, a recklessly extravagant consumer marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life, marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life", recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures", 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, One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift, generous, lavish; abundant, plentiful; wasteful, tending to squander money, extravagant person, lavish spender; spendthrift, squanderer, one who wastes money, You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person. Prodigal is also a noun. the prodigal had returned, 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", a recklessly extravagant consumer, Someone who behaves in a prodigal way spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left. Prodigal habits die hard. someone who spends money carelessly and wastes their time - used humorously, in a prodigal manner; extravagantly or wastefully, In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated, generously, lavishly; extravagantly, wastefully, squanderingly, in a prodigal manner; "he spent prodigally, plural of prodigal,
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wastefully extravagant - "He is not a prodigal son."
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profuse, lavishly abundant
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someone yielding profusely, lavish - "How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?"
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A prodigal person, a spendthrift
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a recklessly extravagant consumer marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life
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marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life"
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recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
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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
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One who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift
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generous, lavish; abundant, plentiful; wasteful, tending to squander money sıfat
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extravagant person, lavish spender; spendthrift, squanderer, one who wastes money isim
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You can describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person. Prodigal is also a noun. the prodigal had returned
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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"
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a recklessly extravagant consumer
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Someone who behaves in a prodigal way spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left. Prodigal habits die hard. someone who spends money carelessly and wastes their time - used humorously
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prodigally
in a prodigal manner; extravagantly or wastefully
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prodigally
In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense; extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate prodigally dissipated
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