prodigality

Roget-categorie 818

5. Words relating to the voluntary powers
› 5.9. Possessive relations
›› 5.9.4. Monetary relations

#818. Prodigality

zelfstandig naamwoord

prodigality, prodigence^† — unthriftiness^†, waste — profusion, profuseness — extravagance — squandering etc. v. — malversation.
prodigal — spendthrift, waste thrift — losel^†, squanderer^†, locust — high roller [U.S.].

werkwoord

be prodigal etc. adj. — squander, lavish, sow broadcast — pour forth like water — blow, blow in [Slang] — pay through the nose etc. (dear) 814 — spill, waste, dissipate, exhaust, drain, eat out of house and home, overdraw, outrun the constable — run out, run through — misspend — throw good money after bad, throw the helve after the hatchet^† — burn the candle at both ends — make ducks and drakes of one's money — fool away one's money, potter away one's money, muddle away one's money, fritter away one's money, throw away one's money, run through one's money — pour water into a sieve, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs — manger son ble en herbe [Fr.].

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

prodigal, profuse, thriftless, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful, losel^†, extravagant, lavish, dissipated, overliberal — full-handed etc. (liberal) 816.
penny wise and pound foolish.

bijwoord

with an unsparing hand — money burning a hole in one's pocket.

uitdrukking

amor nummi [Lat.] — facile largiri de alieno [Lat.] — wie gewonnen so zerronnen [G.] — les fous font les festins et les sages les les fous font les festins et les sages les mangent [Fr.] — spendthrift alike of money and of wit" [Cowper]; squandering wealth was his peculiar squandering wealth was his peculiar art" [Dryden].

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