Prodigal
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Definition of Prodigal
Adjective
- Wastefully extravagant.
"He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays."
- Yielding profusely, lavish.
"She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles."
- Profuse, lavishly abundant.
- (by allusion to the New Testament story commonly called "The Parable of the Prodigal Son", Luke 15:11–32) Behaving as a prodigal son: Having (selfishly) abandoned a person, group, or ideal. Returning or having returned, especially repentantly, after such an abandonment.
- Having (selfishly) abandoned a person, group, or ideal.
Noun
- A prodigal person; a spendthrift; a wastrel.
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