Middle English Dictionary Entry
prō̆digālitẹ̄ n.
Entry Info
| Forms | prō̆digālitẹ̄ n. Also prodegalite. |
| Etymology | OF prodigalité & L prōdigālitas. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
The quality of being excessively extravagant; the vice of prodigality; also person.
Associated quotations
- (1340) Ayenb.(Arun 57)21/32 : Arrogance..him sseaweþ ine uele maneres..ine onlepihede..Þe oþer is fol niminge of greate spendinge, þet me clepeþ prodigalite.
- (a1393) Gower CA (Frf 3)7.2162 : So doth he That useth Prodegalite, Which is the moder of poverte.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)7.735 : Of the vice of prodigalite He was accusid.
- c1450(a1449) Lydg.SSecr.(Sln 2464)868 : That kyng is moost comendable That hath largesse in his Regalye..The vice avoyding of prodigalyte.
- a1450(1412) Hoccl.RP (Hrl 4866)4592 : Whan his purs y-emptid is..Than, begynneþ indigence awake, By which he cured is of þe seekenesse Of prodigalitee, or fool largesse.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)11864 : The tother Kanker..Ys callyd Prodygalyte.
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)33/14 : Yf any kyng have eyther of these 2 vices, that is to sey, avarice or prodigalite, he oweth..to purveye to gete..a discrete, trew, chosen man, vnto whom he shall commytte þe disposicion of the comone wele.
- c1500(?a1475) Ass.Gods (Trin-C R.3.19)650 : These were the capyteyns that Vyce cowde fynde..to set hys felde..Vnshamefastnes with Prodygalyte, Blaspheme, [etc.].