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Meanings of prodigality in English

Catalan
prodigalitat
Spanish
gran vida

Excessive spending.

prodigalitat
Usage of prodigality in English
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Those tales of the Far South were given out with some prodigality.
Cumner's Son and Other South Sea Folk — Volume 01
2
She had no care for the future, and exceeded men in prodigality.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
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The effects of misconduct are often the same as those of prodigality.
An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
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But neither is liberality a principal virtue, nor prodigality a capital vice.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
5
Schubert, alone of all the composers, resembles him in his lyric prodigality.
Chopin : the Man and His Music
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The want of money would be no obstacle to prodigality and waste.
Arthur Mervyn; Or, Memoirs of the Year 1793
7
He raved, and ranted, and exuded epithets with the most lavish prodigality.
Reveries of a Schoolmaster
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Seldom has an election been contested with such prodigality of partisan fury.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3
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Examples are needed to conduct him to prodigality, ostentation, and moral corruption.
The World's Best Orations, Vol. 1 (of 10)
10
Gazing at them, the young man marvelled at his own princely prodigality.
Queed: A Novel
11
Her nature gave itself with a fatal prodigality, or not at all.
Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II
12
Insect life, moreover, is sometimes exhibited with monstrous prodigality at Alpine heights.
Fragments of Science: A Series of Detached Essays, Addresses, an...
13
Are you anxious for a humiliating confession, of vanity, folly and prodigality?
The Monctons: A Novel. Volume 1 (of 2)
14
I am in a fine vein, 'so full of pastime and prodigality!
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 / With His Letters and Journals
15
Nor can the prodigality of the meadows in May be quoted in dispute.
The Rhythm of Life, and Other Essays
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That curse we see often in the prodigality and dissipation of the children.
The Christian Home / As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Ch...
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