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    prod·i·gal
    [ˈprädəɡ(ə)l]
    adjective
    prodigal (adjective)
    1. spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant:
      "prodigal habits die hard"
    2. having or giving something on a lavish scale:
      "the dessert was crunchy with brown sugar and prodigal with whipped cream"
    noun
    prodigal (noun) · prodigals (plural noun) · prodigal daughter (noun) · prodigal daughters (plural noun) · prodigal son (noun) · prodigal sons (plural noun)
    1. a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way:
      "he hated rich prodigals who lived useless, imprudent lives"
      • a person who leaves home and behaves recklessly, but later makes a repentant return.
    Origin
    late Middle English: from late Latin prodigalis, from Latin prodigus ‘lavish’.
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    adjective
    1. spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant:
      wasteful
      extravagant
      spendthrift
      improvident
      imprudent
      immoderate
      profligate
      thriftless
      excessive
      intemperate
      irresponsible
      self-indulgent
      reckless
      wanton
      Opposite:
      thrifty
      economical
      parsimonious
    2. having or giving something on a lavish scale:
      generous
      lavish
      liberal
      unstinting
      unsparing
      bountiful
      copious
      profuse
      rich
      bounteous
      abundant in
      abounding in
      Opposite:
      mean
    noun
    1. a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way:
      profligate
      squanderer
      waster
      big spender
      wastrel
      Opposite:
      miser
      skinflint
      Scrooge
       
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    1. prodigal [ prod -i-g uh l ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA adjective wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure.

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      prod·i·gal (prŏd′ĭ-gəl) adj. 1. Rashly or wastefully extravagant: prodigal expenditures on unneeded weaponry; a prodigal nephew who squandered his inheritance. 2. Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse: "the infinite number of organic beings with which the sea of the tropics, so prodigal of life, teems" (Charles Darwin).

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      PRODIGAL meaning: 1 : carelessly and foolishly spending money, time, etc.; 2 : a son/daughter who leaves his or her parents to do things that they do not approve of but then feels sorry and returns home often used figuratively

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      Prodigal can be an adjective meaning lavish, wasteful, or abundant, or a noun meaning a spendthrift or a returnee. Learn the synonyms, examples, etymology, and history of this word from Merriam-Webster.

       
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      How do you describe someone as a prodigal son or daughter?
      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. ...the parable of the prodigal son. Prodigal is also a noun. The prodigal had returned.

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      What is prodigal adjective?
      Definition of prodigal adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary too willing to spend money or waste time, energy or materials synonym extravagant Want to learn more? a person who leaves home and wastes their money and time on a life of pleasure, but who later is sorry about this and returns home

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      What does Prodigal mean in the Bible?
      Prodigal usually applies to the spending of money. In the Bible, the Prodigal Son leaves home and wastes all his money. The noun forms of the word, meaning "a wasteful person" or "one who returns home after a period of bad behavior," relate to this biblical story.

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      How do you describe a prodigal person?
      Use the adjective prodigal to describe someone who spends too much money, or something very wasteful. Your prodigal spending on fancy coffee drinks might leave you with no money to buy lunch. Prodigal usually applies to the spending of money. In the Bible, the Prodigal Son leaves home and wastes all his money.

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      Where does the word prodigal come from?
      From Middle French prodigal, from Late Latin prōdigālis (“wasteful”), from Latin prōdigus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from prōdigō (“to consume, squander, drive forth”), from prōd- [from prō (“before, forward”)] + agō (“to drive”). Also see prodigy. prodigal (comparative more prodigal, superlative most prodigal) Wastefully extravagant.

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      What is a prodigal teem?
      1. Rashly or wastefully extravagant: prodigal expenditures on unneeded weaponry; a prodigal nephew who squandered his inheritance. 2. Giving or given in abundance; lavish or profuse: "the infinite number of organic beings with which the sea of the tropics, so prodigal of life, teems" (Charles Darwin). See Synonyms at profuse. n.

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