[prod.i.gal] adj [L prodigus, fr. prodigere to drive away, squander, fr. pro-, prod- forth + agere to drive--more at pro-, agent] (ca. 1520) 1: recklessly extravagant
2: characterized by wasteful expenditure: lavish
3: yielding abundantly: luxuriant--often used with of "nature has been so ~ of her bounty --H. T. Buckle" syn see profuse -- prod.i.gal.i.ty n -- prod.i.gal.ly adv
[2]prodigal n (1596): one who spends or gives lavishly and foolishly