profligate
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin prōflīgātus (“wretched, abandoned”), participle of prōflīgō (“strike down, cast down”), from pro (“forward”) + fligere (“to strike, dash”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 331: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "adjective" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/
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Audio (US): (file)
Adjective
profligate (comparative more profligate, superlative most profligate)
- Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
- 2013, Ben Smith, "[1]", BBC Sport, 19 October 2013:
- Jay Rodriguez headed over and Dani Osvaldo might have done better with only David De Gea to beat and, as Southampton bordered on the profligate, United were far more ruthless.
- 2013, Ben Smith, "[1]", BBC Sport, 19 October 2013:
- Immoral; abandoned to vice.
- (obsolete) Overthrown, ruined.
- (Can we date this quote by Hudibras and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The foe is profligate, and run.
- (Can we date this quote by Hudibras and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
Synonyms
- (inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly): extravagant, wasteful, prodigal
- (immoral, abandoned to vice): immoral, licentious
- See also Thesaurus:prodigal
Derived terms
Translations
inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly
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immoral; abandoned to vice
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- Norman: (please verify) putachi (Jersey)
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Noun
profligate (plural profligates)
- An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
- An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
Synonyms
- (overly wasteful or extravagant individual): wastrel
- See also Thesaurus:spendthrift and Thesaurus:prodigal
Translations
abandoned person
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overly wasteful or extravagant individual
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Verb
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- (obsolete) To drive away; to overcome.
- 1840, Alexander Walker, Woman Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and Divorce, page 157:
- Such a stipulation would remove one powerful temptation to profligate pennyless seducers, of whom there are too many prowling in the higher circles ;
- 1840, Alexander Walker, Woman Physiologically Considered as to Mind, Morals, Marriage, Matrimonial Slavery, Infidelity and Divorce, page 157:
Synonyms
- (to drive away; to overcome): overcome
Related terms
Further reading
- “profligate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “profligate”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) prōflīgāte
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