prodigality

The Void of Azuzel was originally designed to punish prodigality, avarice’s mirror image, and vanity, pride reflected back on itself.

From Slate ● Feb. 28, 2021

In point of extravagance and notoriety, the most celebrated of the feasts was that arranged by Tigellinus; which I shall describe as a type, instead of narrating time and again the monotonous tale of prodigality.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2019

And her most resourceful construction is the novel itself, a feat of narrative prodigality that staves off, word by word, the destruction of an entire community.

From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 2015

“Great nations are never impoverished by private, though they sometimes are by public prodigality and misconduct.”

From Forbes ● Sep. 28, 2014

Laughter is easier, minute by minute, spilled with prodigality, tipped out at a cheerful word.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Were they not the companions and sharers of his dissipations and prodigalities?

From The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick by Charles Bradlaugh

History is full of stories bearing witness to the extravagant prodigalities of certain nobles on such occasions.

From Manners, Customs, and Dress During the Middle Ages and During the Renaissance Period by P. L. Jacob

Without reflecting that the avarice of parents prepares the way for the prodigalities of children, he allowed almost nothing to his son, although that son was an only child.

From The Marriage Contract by Honoré de Balzac

We take no credit to ourselves for such precious prodigalities; for they are the inevitable and disinterested outpourings of affection.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 44, June, 1861 Creator by Various

Nevertheless the emperor could handle all this latter money exactly as he chose, and it is upon this chest that Nero was drawing for all his lavish prodigalities and his undeserved and wasteful bounties.

From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by T. G. (Thomas George) Tucker