profligate (redirected from profligates)

prof·li·gate  (prfl-gt, -gt)

adj.

1. Given over to dissipation; dissolute.

2. Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant.

n.

A profligate person; a wastrel.

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[Latin prflgtus, past participle of prflgre, to ruin, cast down : pr-, forward; see pro-¹ + -flgre, intensive of flgere, to strike down.]

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profli·ga·cy (-g-s) n.

profli·gate·ly adv.

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profligate

Adjective

1. recklessly extravagant

2. shamelessly immoral

Noun

a profligate person [Latin profligatus corrupt]

profligacy n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	profligate - a dissolute man in fashionable society rake, rakehell, rip, roue, blood debauchee, libertine, rounder - a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
	2.	profligate - a recklessly extravagant consumer prodigal, squanderer consumer - a person who uses goods or services scattergood, spend-all, spendthrift, spender - someone who spends money prodigally waster, wastrel - someone who dissipates resources self-indulgently
Adj.	1.	profligate - recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" prodigal, spendthrift, extravagant wasteful - 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, fast immoral - deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong

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profligate

adjective extravagant, reckless, squandering, wasteful, prodigal, spendthrift, immoderate, improvident

Translations

profligate [ˈprɔflɪgɪt] adj (= dissolute) [behaviour, act] → disoluto: [person] → libertino (= extravagant): he's very profligate with his money → es muy derrochador

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profligate [ˈprɔflɪgɪt] adj [behaviour, act] → dissolu(e); [person] → débauché(e) (= extravagant);

profligate (with) → prodigue (de)

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profligate [ˈprɔflɪgɪt] adj [person, spending] → verschwenderisch; [waste] → sinnlos;

profligate with (= extravagant) → verschwenderisch mit

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profligate [ˈprɔflɪgɪt] adj (= dissolute) [behaviour] → dissipato/a: [person] → debosciato/a (= extravagant): he's very profligate with his money → è uno che sperpera i suoi soldi