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prodigality (encz) | prodigality,marnotratnost n: Zdeněk Brož |
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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prodigality (wn) | prodigality
n 1: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance,
prodigality, profligacy]
2: excessive spending [syn: extravagance, prodigality,
lavishness, highlife, high life] |
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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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