profligate

[Prof·li*gate]

To drive away; to overcome.

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Overthrown; beaten; conquered.

Noun
a recklessly extravagant consumer

Noun
a dissolute man in fashionable society

Adjective S.
unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

Adjective S.
recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures"


a.
Overthrown; beaten; conquered.

a.
Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.

n.
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.

v. t.
To drive away; to overcome.


Profligate

Prof"li*gate , a. [L. profligatus, p. p. of profligare to strike or dash to the ground, to destroy; pro before + a word akin to fligere to strike. See Afflict.] 1. Overthrown; beaten; conquered. [Obs.]
The foe is profligate, and run.
2. Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.
A race more profligate than we.
Made prostitute and profligate muse.
Syn. -- Abandoned; corrupt; dissolute; vitiated; depraved; vicious; wicked. See Abandoned.

Profligate

Prof"li*gate, n. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person. "Such a profligate as Antony." Swift.

Profligate

Prof"li*gate , v. t. To drive away; to overcome. [A Latinism] [Obs.] Harvey.

Overthrown; beaten; conquered.

An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.

To drive away; to overcome.

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Usage Examples

Republics are created by the virtue, public spirit, and intelligence of the citizens. They fall, when the wise are banished from the public councils, because they dare to be honest, and the profligate are rewarded, because they flatter the people, in order to betray them.

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