English search results for: prodigal

#1

noun

  • declension: 3rd declension
  • gender: common

Definitions:

  1. descendant
  2. grandson/daughter
  3. secondary shoot
  4. spendthrift, prodigal, playboy
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: Very frequent, in all Elementry Latin books, top 1000+ words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#2

adjective

Definitions:

  1. harmful/detrimental/ruinous
  2. prodigal/spendthrift
  3. that causes financial loss
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say
#3

adjective

Definitions:

  1. lavish
  2. prodigal
  • Age: Medieval (11th-15th centuries)
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: Latham, “Revised Medieval Word List”, 1980
#4

adjective

Definitions:

  1. wasteful, lavish, prodigal
  • Age: In use throughout the ages/unknown
  • Area: All or none
  • Geography: All or none
  • Frequency: For Dictionary, in top 20,000 words
  • Source: General, unknown or too common to say