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   Prof·li·gate

   /ˈpräfləɡət/

   

   adjective

   • 1. recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources: "profligate consumers of energy" Similar wastefulextravagantspendthriftimprovidentprodigalimmoderateexcessivethriftlessimprudentrecklessirresponsibleOpposite thriftyfrugal
   • ▪ licentious; dissolute: "he succumbed to drink and a profligate lifestyle" Similar dissolutedegeneratedissipateddebauchedcorruptdepravedreprobateunprincipledimmoralpromiscuousloosewantonlicentiouslasciviouslecherouslibertinelewddecadentrakishshamelessabandonedunrestrainedfastfast-livingsybariticvoluptuaryOpposite moralupright

   noun

   • 1. a licentious, dissolute person: "he is a drunkard and a profligate" Similar libertinedebaucheedegeneratereprobaterouélecherrakeloose-liverdissolute personsybaritevoluptuarysensualistinformal:lechdated:rip

   Word Origin mid 16th century (in the sense ‘overthrown, routed’): from Latin profligatus ‘dissolute’, past participle of profligare ‘overthrow, ruin’, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + fligere ‘strike down’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. profligately adverb

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   profligate: [noun] a person given to wildly extravagant and usually grossly self-indulgent expenditure.

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   Profligate definition: utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.. See examples of PROFLIGATE used in a sentence.

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   PROFLIGATE definition: 1. spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise: 2. behaving in a way…. Learn more.

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   PROFLIGATE meaning: 1. spending money or using something in a way that wastes it and is not wise: 2. behaving in a way…. Learn more.

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   profligate: 1 adj unrestrained by convention or morality Synonyms: debauched , degenerate , degraded , dissipated , dissolute , fast , libertine , riotous immoral deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong adj recklessly wasteful Synonyms: extravagant , prodigal , spendthrift wasteful tending to squander and waste n a ...

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   3 meanings: 1. shamelessly immoral or debauched 2. wildly extravagant or wasteful 3. a profligate person.... Click for more definitions.

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   2. Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant: a profligate spender; the profligate use of water.

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   Jul 17, 2024 · His undignified and profligate exile—needy suitor to-day to the only heiress of the royal French blood, and to-morrow to one of the nieces of the Italian adventurer, Mazarin. Utterly neglectful of what he owes to the kingdom which he hopes to regain, Charles has learned but adversity's worst lesson—expediency.

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    Definition of profligate adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    Profligate definition: Given to or characterized by licentiousness or dissipation. Origin of Profligate Latin prōflīgātus past participle of prōflīgāre to ruin, cast down prō-forward pro– 1-flīgāre intensive of flīgere to strike down. From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition From Latin prōflÄ«gātus (“wretched, abandoned" ), participle of prōflÄ ...