Prodigal child
noun
See prodigal son
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- Prodigality
noun, plural prodigalities for 2, 3. 1. the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending. 2. an instance of it. 3. lavish abundance.
- Prodigally
adjective 1. wastefully or recklessly extravagant: prodigal expenditure. 2. giving or yielding profusely; lavish (usually followed by of or with): prodigal of smiles; prodigal with money. 3. lavishly abundant; profuse: nature’s prodigal resources. noun 4. a person who spends, or has spent, his or her money or substance with wasteful extravagance; spendthrift. adjective 1. recklessly […]
- Prodigal-son
noun 1. a figure in a parable of Jesus (Luke 15:11–32); a wayward son who squanders his inheritance but returns home to find that his father forgives him. noun in the Bible, a character who recklessly wasted his inheritance but returned home repentent and is joyfully received by his family; also called prodigal child Prodigal […]
- Prodigious
adjective 1. extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant. 2. wonderful or marvelous: a prodigious feat. 3. abnormal; monstrous. 4. Obsolete. ominous. adjective 1. vast in size, extent, power, etc 2. wonderful or amazing 3. (obsolete) threatening
- Prodigiously
adjective 1. extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant. 2. wonderful or marvelous: a prodigious feat. 3. abnormal; monstrous. 4. Obsolete. ominous. adjective 1. vast in size, extent, power, etc 2. wonderful or amazing 3. (obsolete) threatening