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   Prod·i·gal

   /ˈprädəɡ(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. spending money or resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant: "prodigal habits die hard" Similar wastefulextravagantspendthriftimprovidentimprudentimmoderateprofligatethriftlessexcessiveintemperateirresponsibleself-indulgentrecklesswantonOpposite thriftyeconomicalparsimonious
   • 2. having or giving something on a lavish scale: "the dessert was crunchy with brown sugar and prodigal with whipped cream" Similar generouslavishliberalunstintingunsparingbountifulcopiousprofuseabundant inabounding inrichliterary:bounteousOpposite mean

   noun

   • 1. a person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way: "he hated rich prodigals who lived useless, imprudent lives"
   • ▪ a person who leaves home and behaves recklessly, but later makes a repentant return.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin prodigalis, from Latin prodigus ‘lavish’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. prodigality noun
   • 2. prodigally adverb

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   How does Prodigal work?

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   • People call it the story of the prodigal son. Just a little sidelight here. The word prodigal appears nowhere in the story. I suppose the word prodigal was tacked on by someone who had a dictionary or a thesaurus and discovered that it means “a wasteful person, a spendthrift.” Prodigal also has a second meaning, similar to the first.

   The Prodigal Son: The Prodigal Who Stayed at Home (Luke 15:1-3, 11-32)

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