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ˈprofligateness Now rare. [f. as prec. + -ness.] The quality or character of being profligate; profligacy.
1668Wilkins Real Char. 195 Searedness, Profligateness. 1736Butler Anal. ii. Conclus. 291 Others, who are not chargeable with all this Profligateness. 1786A. Gib Sacr. Contempl. I. v. iv. 65 The singular profligateness of our time. 1817J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 4 Extravagance of mind, and profligateness of the means of improvement. |