Found 3 items, similar to Prodigal.
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: prodigal boros, royal
English → English (WordNet) Definition: prodigal prodigal adj 1: 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” [syn: lavish, munificent, overgenerous, too-generous, unsparing, unstinted, unstinting] 2: recklessly wasteful; “prodigal in their expenditures” [syn: extravagant, profligate, spendthrift] 3: marked by rash extravagance; “led a prodigal life” prodigal n : a recklessly extravagant consumer [syn: profligate, squanderer]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Prodigal Prodigal \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. [1913 Webster] Prodigal \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. [1913 Webster] In fighting fields [patriots] were prodigal of blood. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] Syn: Profuse; lavish; extravagant; squandering; wasteful. See Profuse. [1913 Webster]