prodigalize

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English

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Etymology

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From prodigal +‎ -ize.

Verb

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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

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