[syn: extravagance, prodigality, lavishness, highlife, high life]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
prodigality
n 1: the trait of spending extravagantly [syn: extravagance,
prodigality, profligacy]
2: excessive spending [syn: extravagance, prodigality,
lavishness, highlife, high life]