Etymology: (1525–35; < L prōflīgātus broken down in character, degraded, orig. ptp. of prōflīgāre to shatter, debase =prō-pro -1+-flīgāre, der. of flīgere to strike; see inflict , -ate1)
Definition of 'profligate'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (noun)rake, rakehell, profligate, rip, blood, roue a dissolute man in fashionable society
2. (adj)prodigal, profligate, squanderer a recklessly extravagant consumer
3. (adj)extravagant, prodigal, profligate, spendthrift recklessly wasteful "prodigal in their expenditures"
4. (adj)debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast unrestrained by convention or morality "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"
Definition of 'profligate'
Webster Dictionary
1. (adj)profligate overthrown; beaten; conquered
2. (adj)profligate broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch
3. (noun)profligate an abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person
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