different between amoral vs prodigal

English

Etymology

From a- (“not”) +? moral.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?r?l

Adjective

amoral (comparative more amoral, superlative most amoral)

1. (of acts) Neither moral nor immoral.
2. (of people) Not believing in or caring for morality and immorality.

Synonyms

• non-moral

Derived terms

Related terms

• non-moral
• immoral

Translations

Further reading

• amoral in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• amoral at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

a- +? moral

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?.mo??al/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?.mu??al/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a.mo??al/

Adjective

amoral (masculine and feminine plural amorals)

1. amoral

Related terms

• amoralitat

Further reading

• “amoral” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “amoral” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “amoral” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “amoral” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

a- +? moral

Adjective

amoral (feminine singular amorale, masculine plural amoraux, feminine plural amorales)

1. amoral

Related terms

• moral
• immoral
• amoralement

Further reading

• “amoral” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Portuguese

Etymology

a- +? moral

Adjective

amoral m or f (plural amorais, comparable)

1. amoral

Related terms

Further reading

• “amoral” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Romanian

Etymology

From French amoral

Adjective

amoral m or n (feminine singular amoral?, masculine plural amorali, feminine and neuter plural amorale)

1. amoral

Declension

Related terms

• amoralitate
• moral

Spanish

Etymology

a- +? moral

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amo??al/, [a.mo??al]

Adjective

amoral (plural amorales)

1. amoral

   Antonym: moral

Derived terms

• amoralidad
• amoralismo
• amoralizar

Further reading

• “amoral” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle French prodigal, from Late Latin pr?dig?lis (“wasteful”), from Latin pr?digus (“wasteful, lavish, prodigal”), from pr?dig? (“to consume, squander, drive forth”), from pr?d- [from pr? (“before, forward”)] + ag? (“to drive”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?p??d???l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p??d???l/, [?p????????]

Adjective

prodigal (comparative more prodigal, superlative most prodigal)

1. Wastefully extravagant.

   He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.

   He is a prodigal son.

2. (often followed by of or with) Yielding profusely, lavish.

   She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.

   How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?

3. Profuse, lavishly abundant.
4. (by allusion to the Biblical parable of the prodigal son) returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; behaving as a prodigal son.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:prodigal

Antonyms

• (a prodigal person): frugal
• exigent

Derived terms

• prodigal son

Translations

Noun

prodigal (plural prodigals)

1. A prodigal person, a spendthrift.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:spendthrift

Translations

Further reading

• prodigal in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• prodigal in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• prodigal at OneLook Dictionary Search