Thursday, January 4, 2007

profligate

prof·li·gate [prof-li-git, -geyt]
–adjective
1.utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
2.recklessly prodigal or extravagant.
–noun
3.a profligate person.

[Origin: 1525–35; <>prōflīgātus broken down in character, degraded, orig. ptp. of prōflīgāre to shatter, debase, equiv. to prō- pro-1 + -flīgāre, deriv. of flīgere to strike; see inflict, -ate1]

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