What part of speech is prodigal?

Prodigal can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. prodigal is a noun, singular of prodigals.
  • 2. prodigal is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more prodigal
    most prodigal
  • Positive: prodigal 
  • Comparative: more prodigal
  • Superlative: most prodigal

Adjective to adverb

What does prodigal mean?

Definitions

Adjective

prodigal - Wastefully extravagant.
prodigal - Someone yielding profusely, lavish.
prodigal - profuse, lavishly abundant.
prodigal - Returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; being a prodigal son .

Noun

prodigal - a recklessly extravagant consumer

Examples of prodigal

#   Sentence  
1. adj. My roommate is prodigal when it comes to spending money on movies; he buys them the day they're released, regardless of price.
2. adj. The chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon.
3. adj. The prodigal son returned home.
4. adj. The prodigal son is back.
Sentence  
adj.
My roommate is prodigal when it comes to spending money on movies; he buys them the day they're released, regardless of price.
The chariest maid is prodigal enough if she unmask her beauty to the moon.
The prodigal son returned home.
The prodigal son is back.

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