单词 | profligation |
释义 | profligationn.ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > victory > [noun] > conquering or defeating vanquishinga1325 conquestc1325 wainc1330 conqueringa1340 overcoming1340 conquest1384 expugnation1429 reduction1429 profligationc1475 debellation1526 defeating1536 conquessingc1550 conquesting1555 vanquishment1593 conquerment1597 eviction1602 reducement1609 debellatinga1626 debelling1651 triumphingc1850 lathering1865 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > overthrow of a person, institution, belief, etc. fallOE confusionc1290 subversiona1325 overthrowingc1330 overturninga1398 downcasta1400 wrackc1400 downcastingc1425 eversionc1425 profligationc1475 demolitionc1550 overturec1555 wreck1577 overturnc1592 racking?1689 upsetting1827 subversal1843 demolishment1884 the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] > prevailing or mastering > overcoming or overwhelming > defeating completely profligationc1475 scrubbing1813 smashing1821 dish1891 tanking1905 socking1978 c1475 ( in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 516 (MED) He that oppeosseth not himselfe to the profligacion and exilement of falsnes is not reputed very true. 1526 in State Papers Henry VIII (1830) I. 185 In the distressing of thEmperours army by see, and profligacion of the Lance~knightes. 1608 Bp. J. King Serm. 5 Nov. 21 To the utter..extermination of Christ and his Gospell out of the kingdome, profligation of iustice and religion. 1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. iv, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. V2v Convenient for the profligation of diseases. 1764 T. Marryat New Pract. Physick (new ed.) 172 A black turbid urine indicates the profligation of the disease..the blacker the harder to be cur'd. 1815 Q. Rev. 13 351 A stern profligation of the opinions of many eminent..writers. 2. Licentious or dissolute behaviour; debauchery. rare. ΘΚΠ 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 1805 T. Morton School of Reform iv. ii. 70 Chattering about London pride, and London profligation, and what not. 1889 Times 26 Jan. 9/4 Those blasted scoundrels are spending it in England and London and the back lanes of Dublin in profligation and vice. 1958 T. K. Pan Harem Favorites of Illustrious Celestial 118 The first side to admit defeat had to drink large quantities of wine from ram's horn goblets as their penalty. The scene they created was described as a ‘battle-line of profligation’. 2000 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch (Nexis) 31 Mar. h1 Cast as a coddled son of privilege and one particularly given to profligation. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1475 |
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