prodigality
1Prodigality — 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.… …
2prodigality — index delinquency (misconduct), inconsideration, largess (generosity), misapplication, neglect, waste …
3prodigality — mid 14c., from O.Fr. prodigalité (13c.), from M.L. prodigalitas, from prodigus (see PRODIGAL (Cf. prodigal)) …
4Prodigality — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Prodigality >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 prodigality prodigality prodigence| Sgm: N 1 unthriftiness unthriftiness waste Sgm: N 1 profusion profusion profuseness Sgm: N 1 extravagance extravagance Sgm: N …
5prodigality — prodigal ► ADJECTIVE 1) wastefully extravagant. 2) lavish. ► NOUN 1) a prodigal person. 2) (also prodigal son) a person who leaves home to lead a prodigal life but returns repentant. [ORIGIN: with allusion to the parable in the Gospel of Luke,… …
6prodigality — noun see prodigal I …
7prodigality — /prod i gal i tee/, n., pl. prodigalities for 2, 3. 1. the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending. 2. an instance of it. 3. lavish abundance. [1300 50; ME prodigalite < L prodigalitas wastefulness, equiv. to… …
8prodigality — noun a) wasteful extravagance b) lavish generosity …
9prodigality — Synonyms and related words: abundance, affluence, aggrandizement, amorality, ample sufficiency, ampleness, amplification, amplitude, avalanche, backsliding, ballyhoo, big talk, blowing up, bonanza, bounteousness, bountifulness, bountiousness,… …
10prodigality — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. profligacy, waste; profusion, profuseness; extravagance, squandering; excess, lavishness; liberality. See sufficiency. Ant., economy. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Affluence] Syn. money, profusion,… …
