Definitions for prodigal
ˈprɒd ɪ gəlprodi·gal

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prodigal, profligate, squandereradjective

   a recklessly extravagant consumer

2. extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthriftadjective

   recklessly wasteful

   "prodigal in their expenditures"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. prodigalnoun

   A prodigal person, a spendthrift.

2. prodigaladjective

   wastefully extravagant.

3. prodigaladjective

   someone yielding profusely, lavish

4. prodigaladjective

   profuse, lavishly abundant

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.

2. 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.

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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

2. Prodigalnoun

   one who expends money extravagantly, viciously, or without necessity; one that is profuse or lavish in any expenditure; a waster; a spendthrift

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1. 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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. 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.]

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1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of prodigal in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of prodigal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of prodigal in a Sentence

1. Vance Havner:

   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.

2. Hannah More:

   Love never reasons, but profusely gives; it gives like a thoughtless prodigal its all, and then trembles least it has done to little.

3. 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.

4. Ben Jonson:

   The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.

5. Ulisses Soares:

   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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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=prodigal
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Prodigal
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=prodigal
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prodigal
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=prodigal
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=prodigal