prodigal
/ˈpɹɒdɪɡəl/ · noun
Meaning
- A prodigal person, a spendthrift.
- Wastefully extravagant.
- (often followed by of or with) Yielding profusely, lavish.
- Profuse, lavishly abundant.
- (by allusion to the Biblical parable of the prodigal son) returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; behaving as a prodigal son.
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