profligatenessn.
/ˈprɒflᵻɡətnəs/, U.S. /ˈprɑfləɡətnəs/ Profligacy.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [noun]
reveriec1350
wantonnessc1390
recolagea1400
unthriftinessc1450
dissoluteness1549
profligateness1668
profligacy1693
unvirtuousness1865
virtuelessness1891
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun]
ribaldyc1300
riotc1330
ribaldry1389
riotingc1390
riotry?a1400
wildnessc1400
arrioutc1410
ramageness1440
ribaldise?c1450
unthriftinessc1450
ramagec1485
riotousness?1535
royet1542
dissoluteness1549
ruffianing1549
riotness1553
wildernessa1616
debauchery1642
profligateness1668
profligacy1693
rakishness1737
rakism1777
profligation1805
rouéism1828
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]
overflowingnessOE
wastinga1300
prodigality1340
misdispendingc1390
misspendingc1390
fool-largessec1405
wantonness1448
fool-largec1450
dilapidationc1460
lavish1483
consuminga1538
profusion1545
sumptuosity1550
wastefulness1551
lashing1556
lavishing1574
profuseness1584
lavishness1590
misspense1591
wastening1604
outlashing1611
duck and drake1614
largesse1614
lavishment1630
squandering1632
prodigence1634
dissipation1639
wastry1645
profusiveness1655
high living1656
nepotation1656
extravagancy1666
extravagance1727
profligacy1792
squander1806
profligateness1817
wastrife1818
spendthriftism1862
wasterfulness1884
high-rolling1890
prodigalism1896
spendthriftiness1950
squanderbugging1966
1668 Bp. J. Wilkins Ess. Real Char. viii. 195 Searedness, Profligateness, moral Insensibility.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. ii. Concl. 291 Others, who are not chargeable with all this Profligateness.
1786 A. Gib Καινα και Παλαια: Sacred Contempl. i. v. iv. 65 The singular profligateness of our time.
1817 J. Gilchrist Intell. Patrimony 4 Extravagance of mind, and profligateness of the means of improvement.
1876 Campaign Text Bk. (U.S. Democratic Party National Committee) 540 The mismanagement and profligateness which everywhere characterized the operations of the Freedmen's Bureau.
1954 Athens (Ohio) Messenger 22 Jan. 4/1 A slight mistake in estimates of income or of profligateness threw the whole thing out of kilter.
1993 St. Petersburg (Florida) Times (Nexis) 3 Dec. 2 Don't let your success with the playground lure the city into more catalytic profligateness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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