What does prodigal mean?
Definitions for prodigal
ˈprɒd ɪ gəlprodi·gal
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word prodigal.
Princeton's WordNet
prodigal, profligate, squandereradjective
a recklessly extravagant consumer
extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthriftadjective
recklessly wasteful
"prodigal in their expenditures"
Wiktionary
prodigalnoun
A prodigal person, a spendthrift.
prodigaladjective
wastefully extravagant.
prodigaladjective
someone yielding profusely, lavish
prodigaladjective
profuse, lavishly abundant
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
PRODIGALadjective
Profuse; wasteful; expensive; lavish; not frugal; not parcimonious.
Etymology: prodigus, Lat. prodigue, Fr.
Least I should seem over prodigal in the praise of my countrymen, I will only present you with some few verses. William Camden.
Be now as prodigal of all dear grace,
As nature was in making graces dear,
When she did starve the general world beside,
And prodigally gave them all to you. William Shakespeare.My chief care
Is to come fairly off from the great debts,
Wherein my time, something too prodigal,
Hath left me gaged. William Shakespeare, Merch. of Venice.Diogenes did beg more of a prodigal man than the rest; whereupon one said, see your baseness, that when you find a liberal mind, you will take most of him; no, said Diogenes, but I mean to beg of the rest again. Francis Bacon.
As a hero, whom his baser foes
In troops surround; now these assails, now those,
Though prodigal of life, disdains to die
By common hands. John Denham.Here patriots live, who for their country’s good,
In fighting fields were prodigal of blood. Dryden.The prodigal of soul rush’d on the stroke
Of lifted weapons, and did wounds provoke. Dryden.O! beware,
Great warrior, nor to prodigal of life,
Expose the British safety. Philips.Some people are prodigal of their blood, and others so sparing, as if so much life and blood went together. Thomas Baker.
Prodigalnoun
A waster; a spendthrift.
A beggar suddenly grown rich, becomes a prodigal; for to obscure his former obscurity, he puts on riots and excess. Ben Jonson, Discovery.
Thou
Ow’st all thy losses to the fates; but I,
Like wasteful prodigals, have cast away
My happiness. John Denham, Sophy.Let the wasteful prodigal be slain. Dryden.
ChatGPT
prodigal
The general definition of prodigal is someone who is recklessly extravagant or wasteful with money, resources, or opportunities. It can also refer to someone who has returned after a period of absence or estrangement.
Webster Dictionary
Prodigaladjective
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
Prodigalnoun
one who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift
Wikidata
Prodigal
Lex recovers his long-lost brother Lucas and uses him in a ploy to buy out his father's share of the company. But it soon becomes clear that Lucas isn't to be trusted, and Lex soon finds himself ousted from his own company.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Prodigal
prod′i-gal, adj. spending without necessity: wasteful: lavish: profuse.—n. one who throws away without necessity: a waster: a spendthrift.—v.t. Prod′igalise, Prod′igāte, to spend lavishly, waste.—n. Prodigal′ity, state or quality of being prodigal: extravagance: profusion: great liberality.—adv. Prod′igally, wastefully. [Fr.,—L. prodigus—prodigĕre, to squander—pro, forth, agĕre, to drive.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of prodigal in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of prodigal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of prodigal in a Sentence
The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
If they had a social gospel in the days of the prodigal son, somebody would have given him a bed and a sandwich and he never would have gone home.
Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.
Former President Alfonso Portillo:
I return as the prodigal son who made a mistake and I recognize it, my dream is to create a democratic front with various sectors and make a proposal to the country.
Fill your hearts with compassion, run to them, fall on their neck, and kiss them, like the father of the prodigal son did.
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- مبذرArabic
- marnotratnýCzech
- fortabteDanish
- verschwenderischGerman
- άσωτοςGreek
- mirindaEsperanto
- pródigoSpanish
- ولخرجPersian
- tuhlari, tuhlaajapoika, tuhlaavainen, ylenpalttinenFinnish
- prodigueFrench
- stríocachIrish
- खर्चीलाHindi
- tékozlóHungarian
- borosIndonesian
- hóflaust, eyðslukló, hóflausIcelandic
- prodigo, generosoItalian
- פַּזְרָנִיHebrew
- 放蕩, 浪費Japanese
- 낭비하는Korean
- prodigi,Latin
- kwistigDutch
- fortapteNorwegian
- marnotrawnyPolish
- pródigoPortuguese
- risipitorRomanian
- расточительныйRussian
- slSwedish
- ஊதாரித்தனமானTamil
- ฟุ่มเฟือยThai
- savurganTurkish
- марнотратнийUkrainian
- اڑاؤUrdu
- hoang phíVietnamese
- ויסברענגערישYiddish
- 败Chinese
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