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profligate

[ prof-li-git, -geyt ]

adjective

  1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.

    Synonyms: ,

  2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant.


noun

  1. a profligate person.

profligate

/ ˈprɒflɪɡəsɪ; ˈprɒflɪɡɪt /

adjective

  1. shamelessly immoral or debauched
  2. wildly extravagant or wasteful
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a profligate person
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • profligacy, noun
  • ˈǴڱٱ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • Ǵl·ٱ· adverb
  • Ǵl·ٱ·Ա noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of profligate1

1525–35; < Latin ōڱīٳܲ broken down in character, degraded, originally past participle of ōڱī to shatter, debase, equivalent to ō- pro- 1 + -ڱī, derivative of ڱī to strike; inflict, -ate 1
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of profligate1

C16: from Latin ōڱīٳܲ corrupt, from ōڱī to overthrow, from pro- 1+ ڱī to beat
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“There, the football staff engaged in profligate spending for hotels, meals, and large amounts of alcohol. Assistant coaches raved that they were able to go drinking on ‘Bosco’s dime.’

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Conservative Kit Malthouse said it would be "profoundly unfair if many, many years of careful stewardship were wiped out by being amalgamated with more profligate neighbouring councils".

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So, at both ends it is a case of minor details; mistakes at the back, profligate finishing up front.

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But her husband, President Emmanuel Macron, has been criticised for his own profligate spending.

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Americans have long been among the world’s most profligate tippers.

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