prof·li·gate

(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.

A profligate person.

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

prof′li·ga·cy (-gə-sē) n.

prof′li·gate·ly adv.

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profligate

(ˈprɒflɪɡɪt)

adj

1. shamelessly immoral or debauched

2. wildly extravagant or wasteful

a profligate person

[C16: from Latin prōflīgātus corrupt, from prōflīgāre to overthrow, from pro-¹ + flīgere to beat]

profligacy n

ˈprofligately adv

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prof•li•gate

(ˈprɒf lɪ gɪt, -ˌgeɪt)

adj.

1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.

2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant.

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.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

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

profligate

adjective

1. extravagant, reckless, squandering, wasteful, prodigal, spendthrift, immoderate, improvident the most profligate consumer of energy in the world

2. 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

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profligate

adjective

1. 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.

noun

1. An immoral or licentious person:

libertine, rake, wanton.

2. A person who spends money or resources wastefully:

prodigal, scattergood, spendthrift, waster, wastrel.

Translations

dissolutezza dissoluto

profligate

[ˈprɒflɪgɪt]

A. ADJ (= dissolute) → libertino, disoluto; (= extravagant) → despilfarrador, derrochador

B. N (= degenerate) → libertino/a m/f; (= spendthrift) → despilfarrador(a) m/f

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profligate

[ˈprɒflɪgət] adj

(= extravagant) [lifestyle, behaviour, spending] → extravagant(e)
profligate with → prodigue de

(= wasteful) profligate use of sth → le gaspillage de qch

profligate

adj (= dissolute) → lasterhaft, verworfen; (= extravagant) → verschwenderisch

n (= roué) → Leichtfuß m, → Liederjan m (inf); (= prodigal) → Verschwender(in) m(f)

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profligate

[ˈprɒflɪgɪt] adj (dissolute, behaviour, act) → dissipato/a; (000, person) → dissoluto/a
he's very profligate with his money → è uno che sperpera i suoi soldi