Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Prodigal
procure (-d, procuring, -s)prodigious
prodigal, n. [Fr. < late L. *prōdigāl-is < prōdig-us, wasteful, lavish < prō-, before + ag-ěre, drive.] (webplay: Nature is prodigal, spendthrift).
Waster; squanderer; spendthrift; debauchee; recklessly extravagant consumer.
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