[ほうとう, houtou] (n, vs, adj-na) (See 放蕩息子) dissipation; prodigality; debauchery [Add to Longdo]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Prodigality \Prod`i*gal"i*ty\, n. [F. prodigalit['e], 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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
prodigality
n 1: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: {extravagance},
{prodigality}, {profligacy}]
2: excessive spending [syn: {extravagance}, {prodigality},
{lavishness}, {highlife}, {high life}]
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