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profligate (noun)

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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 — 1 adjective formal 1 wasting money in a silly and careless way: profligate spending of the taxpayer s money 2 behaving in an immoral way and not caring about it at all profligacy noun (U) 2 noun (C) formal someone who is profligate …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • profligate — 1. adjective 1) profligate local authorities Syn: wasteful, extravagant, spendthrift, improvident, prodigal Ant: thrifty, frugal 2) a profligate lifestyle Syn: dissolute …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • profligate — prof|li|gate1 [ praflıgət ] adjective FORMAL wasting money or other things ╾ prof|li|ga|cy noun uncount profligate prof|li|gate 2 [ praflıgət ] noun count someone who wastes things and does not think about the effects of their actions …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 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 — /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 — 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 — I. adjective Etymology: Latin profligatus, from past participle of profligare to strike down, from pro forward, down + fligare (akin to fligere to strike); akin to Greek phlibein to squeeze Date: 1647 1. completely given up to dissipation and… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • profligate — 1. adjective a) Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly. b) Immoral; abandoned to vice. Syn: extravagant, wasteful, immoral, lic …   Wiktionary

  • profligate — UK [ˈprɒflɪɡət] / US [ˈprɑflɪɡət] adjective formal wasting money or other things Derived word: profligacy noun uncountable …   English dictionary

  • rakehell — noun a dissolute man in fashionable society • Syn: ↑rake, ↑profligate, ↑rip, ↑blood, ↑roue • Derivationally related forms: ↑profligate (for: ↑profligate) …   Useful english dictionary

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