Definitions for: Prodigality


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



Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: extravagance, extravagance, high life, highlife, lavishness, profligacy

See Also: dissipation, improvidence, shortsightedness, waste, wastefulness

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