profligate

[ prof-li-git, -geyt ]
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adjective
  1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.

  2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant.

noun
  1. a profligate person.

Origin of profligate

1
1525–35; <Latin prōflīgātus broken down in character, degraded, originally past participle of prōflīgāre to shatter, debase, equivalent to prō-pro-1 + -flīgāre, derivative of flīgere to strike; see inflict, -ate1

Other words for profligate

Other words from profligate

  • prof·li·gate·ly, adverb
  • prof·li·gate·ness, noun

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British Dictionary definitions for profligate

profligate

/ (ˈprɒflɪɡɪt) /


adjective
  1. shamelessly immoral or debauched

  2. wildly extravagant or wasteful

noun
  1. a profligate person

Origin of profligate

1
C16: from Latin prōflīgātus corrupt, from prōflīgāre to overthrow, from pro- 1 + flīgere to beat

Derived forms of profligate

  • profligacy (ˈprɒflɪɡəsɪ), noun
  • profligately, adverb

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