prodigality : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: prodigality	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for prodigality
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prodigality n the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance, prodigality, profligacy] excessive spending Synonym(s): extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Prodigality \Prod`igal"ity\, n. [F. prodigalit[82], L. prodigalitas. See {Prodigal}.] Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; -- opposed to {frugality}, {economy}, and {parsimony}.[bd]The prodigality of his wit.[b8] --Dryden.