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单词 profligation
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profligationn.

Brit. /ˌprɒflᵻˈɡeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌprɑfləˈɡeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: late Middle English proflygacion, late Middle English–1500s profligacion, 1600s– profligation.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin profligation-, profligatio.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin profligation-, profligatio waste, extravagance (4th cent.), ruin, destruction (5th cent.) < classical Latin prōflīgāt- , past participial stem of prōflīgāre profligate v. + -iō -ion suffix1.With sense 2 compare earlier profligacy n., profligateness n.
1. The action of overcoming or overthrowing a person or thing. Obsolete.
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).
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