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prodigal
(encz) | prodigal,marnotratník n: Zdeněk Brož |
prodigal
(encz) | prodigal,rozmařilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Prodigal
(gcide) | 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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Prodigal
(gcide) | 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.
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prodigal
(wn) | prodigal
adj 1: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
[syn: extravagant, prodigal, profligate,
spendthrift]
n 1: a recklessly extravagant consumer [syn: prodigal,
profligate, squanderer] |
PRODIGAL
(bouvier) | PRODIGAL, civil law, persons. Prodigals were persons who, though of full
age, were incapable of managing their affairs, and of the obligations which
attended them, in consequence of their bad conduct, and for whom a curator
was therefore appointed.
2. In Pennsylvania, by act of assembly, an habitual drunkard is
deprived of the management of his affairs, when he wastes his property, and
his estate is placed in the bands of a committee.
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prodigal
(encz) | prodigal,marnotratník n: Zdeněk Brožprodigal,rozmařilý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
prodigality
(encz) | prodigality,marnotratnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
prodigally
(encz) | prodigally,marnotratně adv: Zdeněk Brož |
Husks of the prodigal son
(gcide) | Husk \Husk\ (h[u^]sk), n. [Prob. for hulsk, and from the same
root as hull a husk. See Hull a husk.]
1. The external covering or envelope of certain fruits or
seeds; glume; hull; rind; in the United States, especially
applied to the covering of the ears of maize.
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2. The supporting frame of a run of millstones.
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Husks of the prodigal son (Bot.), the pods of the carob
tree. See Carob.
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Prodigality
(gcide) | Prodigality \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."
--Dryden.
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Prodigalize
(gcide) | Prodigalize \Prod"i*gal*ize\, v. i.
To act as a prodigal; to spend liberally. --Sherwood.
[1913 Webster]Prodigalize \Prod"i*gal*ize\, v. t.
To expend lavishly. --Ld. Lytton.
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Prodigally
(gcide) | Prodigally \Prod"i*gal*ly\, adv.
In a prodigal manner; with profusion of expense;
extravagantly; wasteful; profusely; lavishly; as, an estate
prodigally dissipated.
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Nature not bounteous now, but lavish grows;
Our paths with flowers she prodigally strows. --Dryden.
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prodigal
(wn) | prodigal
adj 1: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"
[syn: extravagant, prodigal, profligate,
spendthrift]
n 1: a recklessly extravagant consumer [syn: prodigal,
profligate, squanderer] |
prodigality
(wn) | prodigality
n 1: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance,
prodigality, profligacy]
2: excessive spending [syn: extravagance, prodigality,
lavishness, highlife, high life] |
prodigally
(wn) | prodigally
adv 1: to a wasteful manner or to a wasteful degree; "we are
still prodigally rich compared to others" [syn:
wastefully, prodigally] |
PRODIGAL
(bouvier) | PRODIGAL, civil law, persons. Prodigals were persons who, though of full
age, were incapable of managing their affairs, and of the obligations which
attended them, in consequence of their bad conduct, and for whom a curator
was therefore appointed.
2. In Pennsylvania, by act of assembly, an habitual drunkard is
deprived of the management of his affairs, when he wastes his property, and
his estate is placed in the bands of a committee.
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