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Synonyms for profligate

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : prof-li-git, -geyt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɒf lɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt

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Définition of profligate

Origin :
  • 1520s, "overthrown, routed" (now obsolete in this sense), from Latin profligatus "destroyed, ruined, corrupt, abandoned, dissolute," past participle of profligare "to cast down, defeat, ruin," from pro- "down, forth" (see pro-) + fligere "to strike" (see afflict). Main modern meaning "recklessly extravagant" is 1779, via notion of "ruined by vice" (1640s, implied in a use of profligation). Related: Profligately. As a noun from 1709.
  • adj immoral, corrupt
  • adj wasteful
  • noun person who is immoral
Example sentences :
  • The brilliant but profligate Buckingham is retained as prime minister.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various
  • Why, a profligate couldn't spend ten dollars a week here, if he tried.
  • Extract from : « Rival Pitchers of Oakdale » by Morgan Scott
  • He was reputed to be the paid lover of an exiled and profligate queen.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob » by Alphonse Daudet
  • But we have some of it left, and we profligate rulers, as the workers call us, cherish it.
  • Extract from : « The White Invaders » by Raymond King Cummings
  • The imagination of a profligate cannot be other than depraved.
  • Extract from : « The Young Maiden » by A. B. (Artemas Bowers) Muzzey
  • As a student, he was wild and profligate, though attentive to his studies.
  • Extract from : « History of Education » by Levi Seeley
  • We do not gain the high art of holding the good which we gain, so profligate are we.
  • Extract from : « Cupology » by Clara
  • Nay, have no suspicions as to my morality—I am no profligate.
  • Extract from : « Werwolves » by Elliott O'Donnell
  • But her husband was profligate, and he wasted her substance.
  • Extract from : « Classic French Course in English » by William Cleaver Wilkinson
  • That is their shield and buckler, their defence against the attacks of the profligate.
  • Extract from : « The Pirate of the Mediterranean » by W.H.G. Kingston

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