Prodigal
WordNet
adjective
(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"
(2) Marked by rash extravagance
"Led a prodigal life"
(3) Recklessly wasteful
"Prodigal in their expenditures"
noun
(4) A recklessly extravagant consumer
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