Prodigal vs Eleemosynary - What's the difference?
prodigal | eleemosynary |
wastefully extravagant.
(often, followed by of or with) someone yielding profusely, lavish
profuse, lavishly abundant
returning after abandoning a person, group, or ideal, especially for selfish reasons; being a prodigal son.
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Relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving.
* 1918 , , "Owd Bob" in Mince Pie :
Given in charity or alms; having the nature of alms; as, eleemosynary assistance.
* 1749 , , Book I ch i:
* 1855 , (Walt Whitman), "To the Pending Year" in Leaves of Grass :
Supported by charity; as, eleemosynary poor.
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* 1991 , Washington Post , October 27:
(obsolete) A beggar
As adjectives the difference between prodigal and eleemosynary
is that prodigal is wastefully extravagant while eleemosynary is .As a noun prodigal
is a prodigal person, a spendthrift.prodigal
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- He found himself guilty of prodigal spending during the holidays.
- He is a prodigal son.
- She was a merry person, glad and prodigal of smiles.
- How can he be so prodigal with money on such a tight budget?
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* (a prodigal person) frugalDerived terms
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English
(wikipedia eleemosynary)Alternative forms
*Adjective
(en adjective)- He did some work for the New York Public Library . . . and also dabbled in eleemosynary science for the Russell Sage Foundation.
- An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.
- Crouch low thy neck to eleemosynary gifts.
- Amidst all this, the legal business, the acquiring of land, the construction of the Montgomery Block, Billings had generosity and time to support the founding of the University of California and a half dozen churches, schools, orphan asylums and other eleemosynary institutions.
