What does the word prodigal mean?
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Prodigality.
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One who is wasteful or profligate.
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Prodigally.
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Wasteful; profuse.
Part of speech: noun
Part of speech: noun
Part of speech: adverb
Part of speech: adjective
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Usage examples for prodigal
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Why should she not, like the prodigal son, rise and go to her father? – Rachel Gray by Julia Kavanagh
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Perhaps you are thinking of your unworthiness; like the Prodigal Son you are ready to say " Father, I have sinned again and again, I am not worthy to be called Thy son." – The One Great Reality by Louisa Clayton
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I have been a wretch, Julita; a prodigal who has in a few years run through the fortune that I inherited from my father. РMaximina by Armando Palacio Vald̩s