- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- be
confused with the
historian of the same name),
accused Pericles of
profligacy,
criticizing the way he
spent the
money for the
ongoing building plan...
- 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...
-
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...
- used the
issue of a high
national debt to
denounce the
other party for
profligacy and a
threat to
fiscal soundness and the nation's ****ure. In his first...
- from
Media and
their forces. But he was
accused with the rest of
extreme profligacy and oppression, not
unmixed with sacrilege, in his command, and was put...
