prodigality

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

PRODIGAL'ITY, noun 1. Extravagance in the expenditure of what one possesses, particularly of money; profusion; waste; excessive liberality. It is opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony. By the Roman law a man of notorious prodigality was treated as non compos. The most severe censor cannot but be pleased with the prodigality of his wit. 2. Profuse liberality.
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