Prodigality

//ˌprɒdɪˈɡælɪti// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Wasteful extravagance. countable, uncountable

    "The plain where he was riding was one immense thicket of the gum cistus, whose frail white leaves, just veined with the faintest pink, fell in showers at the least movement of the passer-by. What a prodigality of blossom!—for the gum cistus, born and withered in an hour, is the most ephemeral of flowers."

  2. 2
    the activity of excessive spending wordnet
  3. 3
    Lavish generosity. countable, uncountable

    "At least there was an air of reckless prodigality in their appearance, and the most fastidious guest would surely find the wine his soul craved for, at all events) in the label."

  4. 4
    the trait of spending extravagantly wordnet

Etymology

From prodigal + -ity, from Old French prodigalite, from Late Latin prodigalitas.

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