
prodigal
adj 1: very generous; "distributed gifts with a lavish hand"; "the
critics were lavish in their praise"; "a munificent
gift"; "his father gave him a half-dollar and his
mother a quarter and he thought them munificent";
"prodigal praise"; "unsparing generosity"; "his
unstinted devotion"; "called for unstinting aid to
Britain" [syn: {lavish}, {munificent}, {overgenerous},
{too-generous}, {unsparing}, {unstinted}, {unstinting}]
2: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn:
{extravagant}, {profligate}, {spendthrift}]
3: marked by rash extravagance; "led a prodigal life"
n : a recklessly extravagant consumer [syn: {profligate}, {squanderer}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0