Prodigal

/ˈpɹɒdɪɡəl/ · adjective

Meaning

Wastefully extravagant..

Definitions by Sense

1. Wastefully extravagant.
2. (often followed by of or with) Yielding profusely, lavish.
3. Profuse, lavishly abundant.
4. Behaving as a prodigal son:
5. A prodigal person; a spendthrift; a wastrel.

Example Sentences

He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.

The prodigal son spent his share of his inheritance until he was destitute.

The prodigal heir can only waste his own substance, and the punishment falls, as it should, upon himself; but the prince has an awful responsibility,—the welfare of others is required at his hands;...

She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.

How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?

He generally falls backwards and sometimes succumbs to the fever which ensues; hence as soon as the ordeal is over the women are prodigal of their attentions to him, and rub the swollen arm with a particular kind of herb.

Granville poised himself over a vast sirloin, stropped his knife briskly, then began to hack away ruthlessly. He was a prodigal server and piled about two pounds of meat on my plate, then he started on the Yorkshire puddings.

Goe binde thou vp vond dangling Apricocks, / Which like vnruly Children, make their Syre / Stoupe with oppreſſion of their prodigall weight:

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• more prodigal
• most prodigal
• prodigals

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