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.
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In fighting fields [patriots] were prodigal of blood.
--Dryden.
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Syn: Profuse; lavish; extravagant; squandering; wasteful. See
Profuse.
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