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Definitions for: 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"
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: extravagant, generous, improvident, lavish, munificent, overgenerous, profligate, profligate, spendthrift, squanderer, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting, wasteful
See Also: consumer, spend-all, spender, spendthrift, waster, wastrel
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