prodigality Definition

prodigal
adj

1. Heedlessly extravagant or wasteful.

Thesaurus: reckless, squandering, wasteful, excessive, extravagant, wanton, unsparing, lavish, spendthrift, profligate; Antonym: parsimonious, thrifty.
2. formal or old use
Lavish in bestowing it; generous.
Thesaurus: profuse, bountiful, sumptuous, teeming, superabundant; Antonym: modest, skimpy.
Form: prodigal of something (often)

noun

1. A squanderer, wastrel or spendthrift.

Thesaurus: big spender, wastrel, waster, squanderer, profligate.
2. A repentant ne'er-do-well or a returned wanderer.

Form: prodigal son (also)

Derivative: prodigality

Being prodigal or extravagant.
Thesaurus: wastefulness, waste, wantonness, unthriftiness, profligacy, intemperance, lavishness, dissipation, extravagance, recklessness, abandon, excess, squandering, immoderation; Antonym: modesty, thrift.

Great liberality or profusion.
Thesaurus: affluence, richness, abundance, bounty, bountifulness, amplitude, plenty, plenteousness, copiousness; Antonym: shortage, deficiency.

Derivative: prodigally
adverb

Etymology: 16c: from Latin prodigus wasteful.