prodigal son

English

Etymology

With reference to Luke 15:11–32.

Noun

prodigal son (plural prodigal sons)

  1. Someone who returns home from travelling or exile or who is welcomed back after disgrace, especially having repented of former extravagant or immoral behavior.
    • 2010, “Enter Dog of Pavlov”, performed by Soilwork:
      Here I am, the prodigal son
      The self proclaimed deprived
      Spending hours of fighting the peace
      When I should lay it on the line
    • 2024 August 28, Raven Smith, “Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, and the Art of the Public Feud”, in Vogue‎[1]:
      Don’t look back in anger—Oasis, the prodigal sons of Brit-pop, is returning. After years of public feuding and subtweets and alleged battery with a cricket bat, the Gallagher brothers—Liam and Noel, obvs—are working it out on the remix, with a rash of 2025 summer dates announced on their website.
  2. A marine fish, the cobia (Rachycentron canadum).

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