SuaviloquyToday’s word

prodigality

Prodigality, n.

Etymology: [F. prodigalité, 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.

Shades of meaning

Fernald has no entry of its own for prodigality; he lists it under excess.

Where he writes about it:

Excess in the moral sense is expressed by dissipation, prodigality, intemperance, etc. — from excess

Synonyms

excessdissipationexorbitanceextravaganceintemperancelavishnessoverplusprofusionredundanceredundancysuperabundancesuperfluitysurpluswastewastefulness

Antonyms

dearthdefectdeficiencydestitutioneconomyfailurefrugalityinadequacyinsufficiencylackneedpovertyprudencescantinessshortcomingwant

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