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• profligate — ► ADJECTIVE 1) recklessly extravagant or wasteful. 2) licentious; dissolute. ► NOUN ▪ a profligate person. DERIVATIVES profligacy noun. ORIGIN Latin profligatus dissolute , from profligare overthrow, ruin …   English terms dictionary

• profligate — [präf′li git] adj. [L profligatus, pp. of profligare, to strike to the ground, rout, ruin < pro , forward (see PRO 2) + fligere, to drive, dash (see INFLICT)] 1. immoral and shameless 2. extremely wasteful; recklessly extravagant n. a… …   English World dictionary

• profligate — profligately, adv. profligateness, n. /prof li git, gayt /, adj. 1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute. 2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant. n. 3. a profligate person. [1525 35; < L profligatus broken down in… …   Universalium

• profligate — [ prɒflɪgət] adjective recklessly extravagant or wasteful. ↘licentious; dissolute. noun a profligate person. Derivatives profligacy noun profligately adverb Origin C16: from L. profligatus dissolute , past participle of profligare overthrow, ruin …   English new terms dictionary

• profligate — prof•li•gate [[t]ˈprɒf lɪ gɪt, ˌgeɪt[/t]] adj. 1) utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute 2) recklessly prodigal or extravagant 3) a profligate person • Etymology: 1525–35; < L prōflīgātus broken down in character,… …   From formal English to slang

• profligate — /ˈprɒfləgət / (say profluhguht) adjective 1. utterly and shamelessly immoral; thoroughly dissolute. 2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant. –noun 3. a profligate person. {Latin prōflīgātus, past participle, overthrown, ruined} –profligately,… …  

• profligate — adj. & n. adj. 1 licentious; dissolute. 2 recklessly extravagant. n. a profligate person. Derivatives: profligacy n. profligately adv. Etymology: L profligatus dissolute, past part. of profligare overthrow, ruin (as PRO (1), fligere strike down) …   Useful english dictionary

• Profligate — Prof li*gate, n. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person. Such a profligate as Antony. Swift. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• profligate — [adj1] immoral, corrupt abandoned, debauched, degenerate, depraved, dissipated, dissolute, iniquitous, lax, lewd, libertine, licentious, loose, promiscuous, reprobate, shameless, unprincipled, vicious, vitiated, wanton, wicked, wild; concept 545… …   New thesaurus

• profligate — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. wanton, reckless, wild, intemperate; extravagant, wasteful. n. roué, rake, libertine, lecher, reprobate; wastrel, spendthrift, squanderer, playboy. See waste, impurity, evildoer. Ant., economical.… …   English dictionary for students

• profligate — prof·li·gate || prÉ‘flɪgÉ™t / prÉ’ n. squanderer, excessively extravagant person; wanton person, licentious person; promiscuous person, depraved person adj. wasteful, overly extravagant; promiscuous, depraved; wanton, licentious …   English contemporary dictionary