profligate
Use Profligate in a sentence
lɪ adjective
1.
utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
2.
recklessly prodigal or extravagant.
noun
3.
a profligate person.
Origin:
1525–35; < Latin prōflīgātus broken down in character, degraded, orig. past participle of prōflīgāre to shatter, debase, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + -flīgāre, derivative of flīgere to strike; see inflict, -ate1
1525–35; < Latin prōflīgātus broken down in character, degraded, orig. past participle of prōflīgāre to shatter, debase, equivalent to prō- pro-1 + -flīgāre, derivative of flīgere to strike; see inflict, -ate1
Related forms
prof·li·gate·ly, adverb
prof·li·gate·ness, noun
Synonyms
1. abandoned, licentious.
1. abandoned, licentious.
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profligate (ˈprɒflɪɡɪt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | shamelessly immoral or debauched |
| 2. | wildly extravagant or wasteful |
| —n | |
| 3. | a profligate person |
| [C16: from Latin prōflīgātus corrupt, from prōflīgāre to overthrow, from | |
| profligacy | |
| —n | |
| 'profligately | |
| —adv | |
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Word Origin & History
profligate
1526, "overthrown" (implied in profligation), from L. profligatus "destroyed, dissolute," pp. of profligare "to cast down, defeat, ruin," from pro- "down, forth" + fligere "to strike" (see afflict). Meaning "recklessly extravagant" is 1779, via notion of "ruined by vice" (1647).
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Example sentences
And reducing the borrowing costs of the profligate could increase them for the virtuous and reduce the incentive for reform.
Chimps are clearly not as profligate now because of human encroachment brought about by social evolution.
Even when he was castigating himself for profligate spending, he was compiling long shopping lists of articles de luxe.
They are pleased by his judicial appointments but mystified by his profligate spending.
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