profligate

prof·li·gate

P0583800 (prŏf′lĭ-gĭt, -gāt′)adj.1. Given to or characterized by licentiousness or dissipation: a profligate nightlife.2. Given to or characterized by reckless waste; wildly extravagant: a profligate spender; the profligate use of water.n. A profligate person.

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[Latin prōflīgātus, past participle of prōflīgāre, to ruin, cast down : prō-, forward; see pro-¹ + -flīgāre, intensive of flīgere, to strike down.]

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prof′li·ga·cy (-gə-sē) n.prof′li·gate·ly adv.

profligate

(ˈprɒflɪɡɪt) adj1. shamelessly immoral or debauched2. wildly extravagant or wastefulna profligate person[C16: from Latin prōflīgātus corrupt, from prōflīgāre to overthrow, from pro-¹ + flīgere to beat] profligacy n ˈprofligately adv

prof•li•gate

(ˈprɒf lɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt)

adj. 1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute. 2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant. n. 3. a profligate person. [1525–35; < Latin prōflīgātus broken down in character, degraded, orig. past participle of prōflīgāre to shatter, debase =prō- pro-¹ + -flīgāre, derivative of flīgere to strike; see inflict, -ate¹] prof′li•gate•ly, adv.

profligate

- To overcome or overthrow.See also related terms for overcome.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	profligate - a dissolute man in fashionable societyrake, rakehell, rip, roue, blooddebauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
	2.	profligate - a recklessly extravagant consumerprodigal, squandererconsumer - a person who uses goods or servicesscattergood, spend-all, spendthrift, spender - someone who spends money prodigallywaster, wastrel - someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
Adj.	1.	profligate - recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"prodigal, spendthrift, extravagantwasteful - tending to squander and waste
	2.	profligate - unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, riotous, fastimmoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

profligate

adjective1. extravagant, reckless, squandering, wasteful, prodigal, spendthrift, immoderate, improvident the most profligate consumer of energy in the world2. depraved, degenerate, immoral, wild, abandoned, loose, corrupt, dissipated, wicked, promiscuous, shameless, wanton, debauched, unprincipled, dissolute, iniquitous, libertine, vitiated, licentious setting his usual profligate and rakish example to society
depraved principled, moral, pure, decent, upright, virtuous, chaste, virginal

profligate

adjective1. Lacking in moral restraint:abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gay, incontinent, licentious, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton, wild.2. Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending:extravagant, lavish, prodigal, profuse, spendthrift, wasteful.noun1. An immoral or licentious person:libertine, rake, wanton.2. A person who spends money or resources wastefully:prodigal, scattergood, spendthrift, waster, wastrel.

Translations

dissolutezzadissoluto