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Definition of profligacy - 2 dictionary results

prof⋅li⋅ga⋅cy

  [prof-li-guh-see]
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–noun
1. shameless dissoluteness.
2. reckless extravagance.
3. great abundance.
Origin:
1730–40; proflig(ate) + -acy
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prof·li·gate   (prŏf'lĭ-gĭt, -gāt')   
adj.  

  1. Given over to dissipation; dissolute.

  2. Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant.

n.  A profligate person; a wastrel.

[Latin prōflīgātus, past participle of prōflīgāre, to ruin, cast down : prō-, forward; see pro-1 + -flīgāre, intensive of flīgere, to strike down.]
prof'li·ga·cy (-gə-sē) n., prof'li·gate·ly adv.
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