- A
spendthrift (also
profligate or prodigal) is
someone who is
extravagant and
recklessly wasteful with money,
often to a
point where the
spending climbs...
-
financial pressures,
partly due to
creeping inflation but also to the
profligacy and
financial incompetence of James's court. In
February 1610, Salisbury...
- Fall of the
Roman Empire,
which argues that
Christianity allied with the
profligacy of the
Roman elite led to the fall of
Ancient Rome. In "The Articulation...
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dramatist and politician. He was prin****lly
remembered for his wit and
profligacy. He was the son of Sir John Sedley, 2nd Baronet, of
Aylesford in Kent...
- Staff,
declared that the
national debt, the
prime expression of
American profligacy, had
become 'the most
significant threat to our
national security.' In...
- by her
eldest son on
charges of
scandalous conduct, dissolution, and
profligacy. Joan was born in 1289 in Conches, France, the
second eldest daughter...
- Fall of the
Roman Empire,
which argues that
Christianity allied with the
profligacy of the
Roman elite led to the fall of
Ancient Rome. In "History and Historical...
- £875 and his own
library in over 4000 lots. On his
death in 1840, his
profligacy left the
estate and
family with
financial problems. By the 1870s, the...
- who
called upon
Uthman to step down for
reasons such as
nepotism and
profligacy. From Egypt, Kufa, and Basra,
contingents of
about 1,000
people apiece...
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dancing by
bankrolling the school,
which is in debt
because of Gillian's
profligacy.
Father Brown looks for a
motive other than dancing, and a herb garden...
