PRODIGALITY

extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life

(noun) excessive spending

extravagance, prodigality, profligacy

(noun) the trait of spending extravagantly

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

prodigality (countable and uncountable, plural prodigalities)

Wasteful extravagance.

Lavish generosity.

Source: Wiktionary


Prod`i*gal"i*ty, n. Etym: [F. prodigalité, L. prodigalitas. See Prodigal.]

Definition: Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony."The prodigality of his wit." Dryden.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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