Both Uses of
prodigal
in
Madame Bovary
- They were prodigal as kings, full of ideal, ambitious, fantastic frenzy.
Chpt 1.9 *prodigal = recklessly wasteful
- And she began telling him everything, hurriedly, disjointedly, exaggerating the facts, inventing many, and so prodigal of parentheses that he understood nothing of it.†
Chpt 2.12
Definition:
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(prodigal) recklessly wasteful
or more rarely:
abundant (extravagant in amount)
or more rarely still:
long absent (someone who has been away a long time)