PRODIGAL, PRODIGALITY
ADJECTIVES
► ACOLASTIC prodigal, licentious; ‘that liveth under no correction, riotous’ → 1656 obs.
► LARGE liberal in expenditure, prodigal, lavish → 1175 obs.
► SUMPTUOUS spending largely, squandering → 1538 obs.
► THROUGH-GOING rash, prodigal → 1824 Sc.
► THROUGH-SHOT rash, prodigal → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► VOLAGE prodigal with money, lavish, profuse → 1825 Sc.
NOUNS
► LAVISH prodigality, lavishness; extravagant outpouring or expenditure → 1483 obs.
► SUMPTUOSITY prodigality, sumptuousness; squandering → 1559
► WANTHRIFT prodigality, lack of thrift or economy → 1513 Sc.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ACOLASTIC a prodigal or licentious person → 1612 obs.
► BLIND-BLOSSOM a prodigal, a ne’er-do-well → 1876
► DINGTHRIFT a prodigal, a spendthrift; one who ‘dings’ or drives away thrift, i.e. prudence and economy → 1567 obs.
► LAND-WASTER a prodigal; a spendthrift → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► NEPHEW prodigal → 1532 obs.
► WANTHRIFT a prodigal; a thriftless person → 1585 Sc.
VERBS
► OUTLASH to be prodigal or extravagant; to squander → 1611 obs.
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