Hypertext Webster Gateway: "prodigality"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Prodigality \Prod`i*gal"i*ty\, n. [F. prodigalit['e], L.
prodigalitas. See {Prodigal}.]
Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive
liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to {frugality},
{economy}, and {parsimony}.``The prodigality of his wit.''
--Dryden.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
prodigality
n 1: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: {extravagance}, {profligacy}]
2: excessive spending [syn: {extravagance}, {lavishness}, {highlife},
{high life}]
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