prodigalize

English

Etymology

From prodigal +‎ -ize.

Verb

prodigalize (third-person singular simple present prodigalizes, present participle prodigalizing, simple past and past participle prodigalized)

1. To spend lavishly.
   • 1834, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, The Last Days of Pompeii:

     Cabinets of gems , each cabinet itself a gem , filled up the interstices of the columns ; the most precious woods lined the thresholds and composed the doors ; gold and jewels seemed prodigalized all around

References

• “prodigalize”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.