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Profligate
Profligate Prof"li*gate, n.
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a
dissolute person. ``Such a profligate as Antony.' --Swift.
Profligate
Profligate Prof"li*gate, v. t.
To drive away; to overcome.
Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --Harvey.
ProfligateProfligate Prof"li*gate, a. [L. profligatus, p. p. of
profligare to strike or dash to the ground, to destroy; pro
before + a word akin to fligere to strike. See Afflict.]
1. Overthrown; beaten; conquered. [Obs.]
The foe is profligate, and run. --Hudibras.
2. Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or
decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious;
dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.
A race more profligate than we. --Roscommon.
Made prostitute and profligate muse. --Dryden.
Syn: Abandoned; corrupt; dissolute; vitiated; depraved;
vicious; wicked. See Abandoned.
Meaning of Profligate from wikipedia
- A
spendthrift (also
profligate or prodigal) is
someone who is
extravagant and
recklessly wasteful with money,
often to a
point where the
spending climbs...
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luxury goods from England,
paying for them by
exporting tobacco. His
profligate spending combined with low
tobacco prices left him £1,800 in debt by 1764...
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which required him to keep
order among the many new
bodies and
prevent profligate spending that
strained relations as well as finances. Cromwell's reforms...
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personal life and history.
Concerns were
expressed that
Gibson had led a
profligate lifestyle by
renting an
upmarket town house,
leasing a
luxury car and...
- Lyttelton, 2nd
Baron Lyttelton (1744–1779),
British MP for Bewdley, 1768 and
profligate,
dubbed "the
wicked Lord Lyttelton" and "bad Lord Lyttelton"
Thomas Lyttelton...
- first-team pay in
excess of £10m ($13.8m) per year. However,
years of
profligate spending under the
leadership of
Josep Maria Bartomeu (president between...
- companion,
Mademoiselle Bourienne. An
attempt to
marry her off to the
profligate Prince Anatole Kuragin fails.
Princess Maria's
father dies
during the...
- the
current era of
neoliberal market fundamentalism,
which encourages profligate consumption and has
resulted in mega-mergers and
trade agreements hostile...
- how my
Irish friend and I behaved.
Imagine to
yourself everything most
profligate and
shocking in the way of
dancing and
sitting down together." Austen...
- to the
monarchy in general. The
French libelles accused her of
being profligate, promiscuous,
having illegitimate children, and
harboring sympathies for...
