prodigal

• adj.浪費家; 非常に気前がよい
• n.放蕩息子；浪費家

ラテン語のprodigere, 浪費する, 浪費する, prod-, 進む, pro-の拡大形から, -ig, する, 運転する, 運転する, 語源的にはagent, navigateと同じ. 比喩的用法, 誘惑に駆られる人, 無差別にお金を使う人, 浪費する人.

prodigal (adj.)

mid-15c., a back-formation from prodigality, or else from Middle French prodigal and directly from Late Latin prodigalis, from Latin prodigus "wasteful," from prodigere "drive away, waste," from pro- "forth" (see pro-) + agere "to drive" (see act (v.)). First reference is to prodigial son, from Vulgate Latin filius prodigus (Luke xv:11-32). As a noun, "prodigal person," 1590s, from the adjective (the Latin adjective also was used as a noun).

1. A prodigal who returns is more precious than gold.

浪人改心金は交換しない.

2.A miserly father makes a prodigal son.

老子守銭奴、息子敗家子.

3.Nature is prodigal of her gifts.

大自然はその恵みを惜しまない。

4.The country has been prodigal of its forest.

この国の森林は過剰な伐採を受けている。

5. Prodigal habits die hard.

大柄な習慣はなかなか直らない。