Prodigal, 1) lavish, profuse: Ven. 755. Pilgr. 411. Merch. I, 1, 129. II, 5, 15. Wint. IV, 3, 103 (the P. Son; cf. the prodigious son, in Launce's language, Gent. II, 3, 4). R2 I, 3, 256. H8 V, 5, 13. Tim. III, 4, 12. Hml. I, 3, 36. With of: “p. of all dear grace,” LLL II, 9. Adverbially: “how p. the soul lends the tongue vows,” Hml. I, 3, 116.
Substantively: “the niggard p. that praised her so,” Lucr. 79. “a p.” Merch. II, 6, 14. III, 1, 47. Tw. I, 3, 25. Troil. V, 1, 37. Tim. IV, 3, 278. the P., the spendthrift of S. Luke ch. 15: Wiv. IV, 5, 8. Err. IV, 3, 19. Merch. II, 6, 17. H4A IV, 2, 37. H4B II, 1, 157.
2) ample, abundant: “spend his p. wits,” LLL V, 2, 64. “what p. portion have I spent,” As I, 1, 41. with “oppression of their p. weight,” R2 III, 4, 31. “p. bits,” Tim. II, 2, 174.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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