Dictionary entry

Prodigality

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Prod′i‐gal″i‐ty (?), n. [F. prodigalité, L. prodigalitas. See Prodigal.] Extravagance in expenditure, particularly of money; excessive liberality; profusion; waste; — opposed to frugality, economy, and parsimony.“The prodigality of his wit.” Dryden.