All 5 Uses of
prodigal
in
The Merchant of Venice
- 'Tis not unknown to you, Antonio, How much I have disabled mine estate By something showing a more swelling port Than my faint means would grant continuance; Nor do I now make moan to be abridg'd From such a noble rate; but my chief care Is to come fairly off from the great debts Wherein my time, something too prodigal, Hath left me gag'd.†
Scene 1.1
- I am not bid for love; they flatter me; But yet I'll go in hate, to feed upon The prodigal Christian.†
Scene 2.5
- How like a younker or a prodigal The scarfed bark puts from her native bay, Hugg'd and embraced by the strumpet wind!†
Scene 2.6
- How like the prodigal doth she return, With over-weather'd ribs and ragged sails, Lean, rent, and beggar'd by the strumpet wind!†
Scene 2.6
- a bankrupt, a prodigal, who dare scarce show his head on the Rialto;
Scene 3.1 *prodigal = someone who is recklessly wasteful
Definition:
recklessly wasteful
or more rarely:
abundant (extravagant in amount)
or more rarely still:
long absent (someone who has been away a long time)
or more rarely:
abundant (extravagant in amount)
or more rarely still:
long absent (someone who has been away a long time)