(~s)
1.
You can describe someone as a ~ son or daughter if they leave their family or friends, often after a period of behaving badly, and then return at a later time as a better person. (LITERARY)
ADJ: usu ADJ n
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Prodigal is also a noun.
...the ~ had returned.
N-COUNT
2.
Someone who behaves in a ~ way spends a lot of money carelessly without thinking about what will happen when they have none left.
Prodigal habits die hard.
ADJ: usu ADJ n