profligate

adjimmoral, corrupt

adjwasteful
nounperson who is immoral

Word Origin & History

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.

Example Sentences for profligate

The brilliant but profligate Buckingham is retained as prime minister.

Why, a profligate couldn't spend ten dollars a week here, if he tried.

He was reputed to be the paid lover of an exiled and profligate queen.

But we have some of it left, and we profligate rulers, as the workers call us, cherish it.

The imagination of a profligate cannot be other than depraved.

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