prodigalityn.

Brit.

/ˌprɒdᵻˈɡalᵻti/, U.S.

/ˌprɑdəˈɡælədi/

Forms: Middle English prodegalite, Middle English prodigalitee, Middle English prodigalyte, Middle English prodygalyte, Middle English–1500s prodigalite, 1500s prodegalytie, 1500s prodigallitie, 1500s prodigallytie, 1500s–1600s prodigalitie, 1500s– prodigality; Scottish pre-1700 prodegalite, pre-1700 prodigalietie, pre-1700 prodigalite, pre-1700 prodigalitee, pre-1700 prodigalitie, pre-1700 prodigalyte, pre-1700 prodigalytie, pre-1700 prodogalite, pre-1700 produgalite, pre-1700 1700s– prodigality.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prodigalité.

Etymology: < Middle French prodigalité (French prodigalité ) tendency towards lavish or reckless expenditure, action of spending recklessly (1265 in Old French) < classical Latin prōdigālitās extravagance < prōdigus prodig adj. + -ālitās -ality suffix. Compare Old Occitan prodigalitat (14th cent.), Catalan prodigalitat (14th cent.), Spanish prodigalidad (14th cent.), Portuguese prodigalidade (16th cent.), Italian prodigalità (a1292). Compare later prodigal adj., prodig adj.

a. Wasteful expenditure of one's material resources, esp. money; reckless extravagance; (also) a wasteful or extravagant act.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]

overflowingnessOE

wastinga1300

prodigality1340

misdispendingc1390

misspendingc1390

fool-largessec1405

wantonness1448

fool-largec1450

dilapidationc1460

lavish1483

consuminga1538

profusion1545

sumptuosity1550

wastefulness1551

lashing1556

lavishing1574

profuseness1584

lavishness1590

misspense1591

wastening1604

outlashing1611

duck and drake1614

largesse1614

lavishment1630

squandering1632

prodigence1634

dissipation1639

wastry1645

profusiveness1655

high living1656

nepotation1656

extravagancy1666

extravagance1727

profligacy1792

squander1806

profligateness1817

wastrife1818

spendthriftism1862

wasterfulness1884

high-rolling1890

prodigalism1896

spendthriftiness1950

squanderbugging1966

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 21 Fol niminge of greate spendinge, þet me clepeþ prodigalite.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2162 (MED) So doth he That useth Prodegalite, Which is the moder of poverte.

a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 4592 (MED) Whan his purs y-emptid is..Than, begynneþ indigence awake, By which he cured is of þe seekenesse Of prodigalitee, or fool largesse.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xiv. 84 The losse of this oyntment greued them so muche, that they made a great murmuryng agaynst the godly prodigalitie of the woman.

1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 481 Cæsar notwithstanding all his prodigalities, brought to the treasurie fortie millions of Crownes.

1678 Scourge for Poor Robin 5 He knows no difference between Prodigality and Liberality, but is so foolishly free, that he dries up the Springs of Bounty.

1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 429 It is hard, if not impossible, for a prodigal Person to be guilty of no other Vice, but Prodigality.

1750 M. Clancy Memoirs II. 53 Who..persisted..in the Practice of every human Vice, Excepting Prodigality and Hypocrisy.

1804 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. ii. iii. 129 Oeconomy has become parsimony, the opposite extreme of prodigality, or extravagance.

1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. x. iii. 433 Sháh Jehán... The most striking instance of his pomp and prodigality was his construction of the famous peacock throne.

1905 E. Wharton House of Mirth i. x. 181 There was no limit to Mrs. Fisher's prodigality when she was not spending her own money.

1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Mar. 45/1 The differences between the two men intensified, pitting Ross's prodigality against Siegel's pay-as-you-go parsimony.

b. In extended use.

ΚΠ

a1676 M. Hale tr. C. Nepos Life P. Atticus (1677) 193 A Fifth thing that often creates men trouble, especially in a troubled State, is the too much prodigality of Speech.

1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 89. ⁋4 This invisible riot of the mind, this secret prodigality of being.

1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Introd. iv. 44 There is..an entire absence of prodigality in the use of miracles.

1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby iii. 49 Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word.

1989 G. Steiner Real Presences ii. i. 56 The fantastically wasteful prodigality of human tongues, the Babel enigma, points to a vital multiplication of mortal liberties.

1989 G. Steiner Real Presences i. iv. 12 The significant painter, sculptor, musician or poet relates the..anarchic prodigalities of consciousness and sub-consciousness to the latencies..of articulation.

2. Lavishness, profusion, abundance; generosity; lavish display; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > profuseness, luxuriousness, or lushness

richness1564

profuseness1584

prodigality1597

luxury?1611

luxuritya1636

luxuriancy1648

voluptuousness1652

luxuriance1728

luxuriation1839

lavishness1859

luxuriousness1872

overflowingness1883

lushness1900

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 230 A sweeter and a louelier gentleman, Framd in the prodigality of nature..The spacious world cannot againe affoord.

1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 45 To drink of the ashes of dead relations, [seems] a passionate prodigality.

1700 W. Congreve Way of World ii. i. 22 Your Fortune has been bestow'd as the prodigality of your Love would have it.

1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xxxi. 94 The board was covered with a profusion of luxuries; the most delicious wines were distributed with prodigality; and the band continued to play.

1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. xi. 174 Merry fellows..: you must take care of the prodigality of their wine.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 144 That wondrous wealth and prodigality of perfect weather.

1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 109 The wisteria was tumbling over itself in its excess of life, its prodigality of flowering.

1990 Ess. in Crit. xl. 275 His praises are distributed with even-handed prodigality to aristocrat Anne Howard..& peasant Mary Leapor.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	prodigality
释义	prodigalityn. Brit. /ˌprɒdᵻˈɡalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌprɑdəˈɡælədi/ Forms: Middle English prodegalite, Middle English prodigalitee, Middle English prodigalyte, Middle English prodygalyte, Middle English–1500s prodigalite, 1500s prodegalytie, 1500s prodigallitie, 1500s prodigallytie, 1500s–1600s prodigalitie, 1500s– prodigality; Scottish pre-1700 prodegalite, pre-1700 prodigalietie, pre-1700 prodigalite, pre-1700 prodigalitee, pre-1700 prodigalitie, pre-1700 prodigalyte, pre-1700 prodigalytie, pre-1700 prodogalite, pre-1700 produgalite, pre-1700 1700s– prodigality. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French prodigalité. Etymology: < Middle French prodigalité (French prodigalité ) tendency towards lavish or reckless expenditure, action of spending recklessly (1265 in Old French) < classical Latin prōdigālitās extravagance < prōdigus prodig adj. + -ālitās -ality suffix. Compare Old Occitan prodigalitat (14th cent.), Catalan prodigalitat (14th cent.), Spanish prodigalidad (14th cent.), Portuguese prodigalidade (16th cent.), Italian prodigalità (a1292). Compare later prodigal adj., prodig adj. 1. a. Wasteful expenditure of one's material resources, esp. money; reckless extravagance; (also) a wasteful or extravagant act. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] overflowingnessOE wastinga1300 prodigality1340 misdispendingc1390 misspendingc1390 fool-largessec1405 wantonness1448 fool-largec1450 dilapidationc1460 lavish1483 consuminga1538 profusion1545 sumptuosity1550 wastefulness1551 lashing1556 lavishing1574 profuseness1584 lavishness1590 misspense1591 wastening1604 outlashing1611 duck and drake1614 largesse1614 lavishment1630 squandering1632 prodigence1634 dissipation1639 wastry1645 profusiveness1655 high living1656 nepotation1656 extravagancy1666 extravagance1727 profligacy1792 squander1806 profligateness1817 wastrife1818 spendthriftism1862 wasterfulness1884 high-rolling1890 prodigalism1896 spendthriftiness1950 squanderbugging1966 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 21 Fol niminge of greate spendinge, þet me clepeþ prodigalite. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) vii. 2162 (MED) So doth he That useth Prodegalite, Which is the moder of poverte. a1450 (c1412) T. Hoccleve De Regimine Principum (Harl. 4866) (1897) 4592 (MED) Whan his purs y-emptid is..Than, begynneþ indigence awake, By which he cured is of þe seekenesse Of prodigalitee, or fool largesse. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Mark xiv. 84 The losse of this oyntment greued them so muche, that they made a great murmuryng agaynst the godly prodigalitie of the woman. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 481 Cæsar notwithstanding all his prodigalities, brought to the treasurie fortie millions of Crownes. 1678 Scourge for Poor Robin 5 He knows no difference between Prodigality and Liberality, but is so foolishly free, that he dries up the Springs of Bounty. 1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 429 It is hard, if not impossible, for a prodigal Person to be guilty of no other Vice, but Prodigality. 1750 M. Clancy Memoirs II. 53 Who..persisted..in the Practice of every human Vice, Excepting Prodigality and Hypocrisy. 1804 H. H. Brackenridge Mod. Chivalry II. ii. iii. 129 Oeconomy has become parsimony, the opposite extreme of prodigality, or extravagance. 1841 M. Elphinstone Hist. India II. x. iii. 433 Sháh Jehán... The most striking instance of his pomp and prodigality was his construction of the famous peacock throne. 1905 E. Wharton House of Mirth i. x. 181 There was no limit to Mrs. Fisher's prodigality when she was not spending her own money. 1992 N.Y. Times Mag. 22 Mar. 45/1 The differences between the two men intensified, pitting Ross's prodigality against Siegel's pay-as-you-go parsimony. b. In extended use. ΚΠ a1676 M. Hale tr. C. Nepos Life P. Atticus (1677) 193 A Fifth thing that often creates men trouble, especially in a troubled State, is the too much prodigality of Speech. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 89. ⁋4 This invisible riot of the mind, this secret prodigality of being. 1846 R. C. Trench Notes Miracles Introd. iv. 44 There is..an entire absence of prodigality in the use of miracles. 1925 F. S. Fitzgerald Great Gatsby iii. 49 Laughter is easier minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word. 1989 G. Steiner Real Presences ii. i. 56 The fantastically wasteful prodigality of human tongues, the Babel enigma, points to a vital multiplication of mortal liberties. 1989 G. Steiner Real Presences i. iv. 12 The significant painter, sculptor, musician or poet relates the..anarchic prodigalities of consciousness and sub-consciousness to the latencies..of articulation. 2. Lavishness, profusion, abundance; generosity; lavish display; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > profuseness, luxuriousness, or lushness richness1564 profuseness1584 prodigality1597 luxury?1611 luxuritya1636 luxuriancy1648 voluptuousness1652 luxuriance1728 luxuriation1839 lavishness1859 luxuriousness1872 overflowingness1883 lushness1900 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III i. ii. 230 A sweeter and a louelier gentleman, Framd in the prodigality of nature..The spacious world cannot againe affoord. View more context for this quotation 1658 Sir T. Browne Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall iii. 45 To drink of the ashes of dead relations, [seems] a passionate prodigality. 1700 W. Congreve Way of World ii. i. 22 Your Fortune has been bestow'd as the prodigality of your Love would have it. 1797 M. Robinson Walsingham II. xxxi. 94 The board was covered with a profusion of luxuries; the most delicious wines were distributed with prodigality; and the band continued to play. 1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. xi. 174 Merry fellows..: you must take care of the prodigality of their wine. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer (1891) 144 That wondrous wealth and prodigality of perfect weather. 1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 109 The wisteria was tumbling over itself in its excess of life, its prodigality of flowering. 1990 Ess. in Crit. xl. 275 His praises are distributed with even-handed prodigality to aristocrat Anne Howard..& peasant Mary Leapor. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340
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