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prodigal
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
Learner's definition of PRODIGAL
always used before a noun formal
: carelessly and foolishly spending money, time, etc.浪费的；挥霍的
- a prodigal spender挥金如土的人
- a prodigal lifestyle奢侈的生活方式
prodigal son/daughter
: a son/daughter who leaves his or her parents to do things that they do not approve of but then feels sorry and returns home回头的浪子；悔悟回家的女儿 — often used figuratively常用作比喻
- He left the company several years ago, but now the prodigal son has returned.他几年前离开了公司，但现在浪子回头了。
— prodigal
noun, plural prodigals [count]- The prodigal [=prodigal son/daughter] has returned.浪子回头了。
prod·i·gal ˈprä-di-gəl 
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Adjective We sipped our beers and wondered at one another, at what was left of all that and of those prodigal days. 
Michael Chabon, A Model World and Other Stories, 1991 The prodigal use of antibiotics in animals has the same consequence as their overprescription for human beings. Cullen Murphy, New York Times Book Review, 10 June 1984 Mr. Bulstrode replied without haste, but also without hesitation. "I am grieved, though, I confess, not surprised by this information, Mr. Lydgate. For my own part, I regretted your alliance with my brother-in-law's family, which has always been of prodigal habits, and which has already been much indebted to me for sustainment in its present position … " George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1872 the prodigal child always spent her allowance the minute she got it Noun Such a trustee had been first instituted by the praetor, to save a family from the blind havoc of a prodigal or madman … Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1788 the million-dollar lottery winner was such a prodigal that his windfall was exhausted after only a few years See More
Michael Chabon, A Model World and Other Stories, 1991 The prodigal use of antibiotics in animals has the same consequence as their overprescription for human beings. Cullen Murphy, New York Times Book Review, 10 June 1984 Mr. Bulstrode replied without haste, but also without hesitation. "I am grieved, though, I confess, not surprised by this information, Mr. Lydgate. For my own part, I regretted your alliance with my brother-in-law's family, which has always been of prodigal habits, and which has already been much indebted to me for sustainment in its present position … " George Eliot, Middlemarch, 1872 the prodigal child always spent her allowance the minute she got it Noun Such a trustee had been first instituted by the praetor, to save a family from the blind havoc of a prodigal or madman … Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 1788 the million-dollar lottery winner was such a prodigal that his windfall was exhausted after only a few years See More Recent Examples on the Web Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2022 This offseason, the Patriots made just a ripple in free agency, bringing back prodigal cornerback Malcolm Butler and signing safety Jabrill Peppers. Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022 After a string of not-quite-right leaders, prodigal CEO Steve Jobs returned to the company and shook up its computer lineup with a slew of cheap, colorful iMacs in 1998. Washington Post, 10 May 2022 That said, prodigal oligarch Roman Abramovich has tried his hand--in an opaque context--to work diplomatic magic, to ostensibly push for an end to the war. Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2022 Jack, the prodigal son, is home after two decades away and a long stint in prison. Heather Hansman, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2022 In this setting, a young Arthur Pendragon goes on a journey to become a warrior, which takes him from prodigal son to legendary leader. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2022 McCarthy obsessives debate at length the degree to which his novel Suttree, with its descriptions of ruin from the damming of the Tennessee River, is autobiographical, a prodigal son’s rebuke of his father. Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 Seeing his mom after all these years, is an understandable desire — not that the visit goes the way this prodigal son hoped. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 14 July 2022 Scott Burns, Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2020 As a youth, Mr. Graham, now 65, was the prodigal of the Graham family, a college dropout fond of alcohol. Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 27 May 2018 See More
Adjective
As in a film montage, our prodigal taquero hero will go off, train and perfect his craft, and come back stronger than ever. Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2022 This offseason, the Patriots made just a ripple in free agency, bringing back prodigal cornerback Malcolm Butler and signing safety Jabrill Peppers. Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022 After a string of not-quite-right leaders, prodigal CEO Steve Jobs returned to the company and shook up its computer lineup with a slew of cheap, colorful iMacs in 1998. Washington Post, 10 May 2022 That said, prodigal oligarch Roman Abramovich has tried his hand--in an opaque context--to work diplomatic magic, to ostensibly push for an end to the war. Amy Kellogg, Fox News, 24 Apr. 2022 Jack, the prodigal son, is home after two decades away and a long stint in prison. Heather Hansman, The Atlantic, 24 Aug. 2022 In this setting, a young Arthur Pendragon goes on a journey to become a warrior, which takes him from prodigal son to legendary leader. K.j. Yossman, Variety, 19 Aug. 2022 McCarthy obsessives debate at length the degree to which his novel Suttree, with its descriptions of ruin from the damming of the Tennessee River, is autobiographical, a prodigal son’s rebuke of his father. Rachel Kushner, Harper’s Magazine , 20 July 2022 Seeing his mom after all these years, is an understandable desire — not that the visit goes the way this prodigal son hoped. Lisa Kennedy, Variety, 14 July 2022 Noun
He is angered by his father’s instant acceptance of the prodigal’s return. Scott Burns, Dallas News, 18 Dec. 2020 As a youth, Mr. Graham, now 65, was the prodigal of the Graham family, a college dropout fond of alcohol. Elizabeth Dias, New York Times, 27 May 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Adjective and Noun
Latin prodigus, from prodigere to drive away, squander, from pro-, prod- forth + agere to drive — more at pro-, agent
First Known Use
Adjective
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun
1561, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of prodigal was in the 15th century Phrases Containing prodigal
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