profusion, profuseness; extravagance; squandering &c v.; malversation.
prodigal; spendthrift, waste thrift; losel†, squanderer†, locust;
high roller [U.S.].
V. be prodigal &c adj.; squander, lavish, sow broadcast; pour forth
like water; blow, blow in [Slang]; pay through the nose &c (dear) 814;
spill, waste, dissipate, exhaust, drain, eat out of house and home,
overdraw, outrun the constable; run out, run through; misspend; throw
good money after bad, throw the helve after the hatchet†; burn the
candle at both ends; make ducks and drakes of one's money; fool away
one's money, potter away one's money, muddle away one's money, fritter
away one's money, throw away one's money, run through one's money; pour
water into a sieve, kill the goose that lays the golden eggs; manger
son ble en herbe [Fr.].
Adj. prodigal, profuse, thriftless, unthrifty, improvident, wasteful,
losel†, extravagant, lavish, dissipated, overliberal; full-handed &c
(liberal) 816.
penny wise and pound foolish.
Adv. with an unsparing hand; money burning a hole in one's pocket.
Phr. amor nummi [Lat.]; facile largiri de alieno [Lat.]; wie gewonnen
so zerronnen [G.]; les fous font les festins et les sages les mangent
[Fr.]; spendthrift alike of money and of wit [Cowper]; squandering
wealth was his peculiar art [Dryden].