Monday, January 12, 2009

profligate

profligate

1525–35; < L prōflīgātus broken down in character, degraded, orig. ptp. of prōflīgāre to shatter, debase, equiv. to prō- pro- 1 + -flīgāre, deriv. of flīgere to strike

adj:

1. Broken down in respect of virtue or decency; abandoned, corrupt; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious, depraved; dissolute
2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant

noun:
1. a dissolute man in fashionable society
2. a recklessly extravagant consumer

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