Definitions for prodigality

prodigality prod·i·gal·i·ty

Spelling: [prod-i-gal-i-tee]
IPA: /ˌprɒd ɪˈgæl ɪ ti/

Prodigality is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 20 points.

You can make 748 anagrams from letters in prodigality (adgiiloprty).

Definitions for prodigality

noun

  1. the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
  2. an instance of it.
  3. lavish abundance.

Origin of prodigality

1300-50; Middle English prodigalite Latin prōdigālitās wastefulness, equivalent to prōdig(us) extravagant + -āl(is) -al1 + -itās -ity

Examples for prodigality

And I am afraid it is very often the wives, Honora, who take the lead in prodigality.

His charity was only another form of prodigality, He was a gambler, too.

The prodigality of a Polish feast exceeds all comprehension.

Her frugal silence mocked his prodigality of hopes and fears.

His money gone, he was made treasurer of the troupe his prodigality had ruined.

Nature, in her prodigality, formed him upon a generous pattern.

They have played with number with magnificent audacity and prodigality.

Its prodigality was, to do it justice, tempered by extortion.

But all this prodigality and easiness of life detracts a little from ambition.

The pyramids are the most conspicuous example of this prodigality.

Word Value for prodigality
Scrable

18

Words with friends

20

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