profligate

== English == === Etymology === The adjective is first attested in 1535, the verb in 1542; borrowed from Latin prōflīgātus, perfect passive participle of prōflīgō (“to strike down, cast down”) (see -ate (etymology 1, 2 an 3) and pro-), from prō- (“forward”) + flīgō (“to strike, dash”) + -ō (1st conjugation compound verb-forming suffix). Common participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. === Pronunciation === adjective, noun (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒflɪɡət/ (US) enPR: prŏʹflĭgət, IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑːflɪɡət/ verb (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɒflɪɡeɪt/ (US) enPR: prŏʹflĭgāt, IPA(key): /ˈpɹɑːflɪɡeɪt/ === Adjective === profligate (comparative more profligate, superlative most profligate) Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly. Synonyms: extravagant, wasteful, prodigal; see also Thesaurus:prodigal Immoral; abandoned to vice. Synonyms: immoral, licentious (participial adjective) Overthrown, ruined. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === profligate (plural profligates) An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person. An overly wasteful or extravagant individual. Synonyms: wastrel; see also Thesaurus:spendthrift, Thesaurus:prodigal ==== Translations ==== === Verb === profligate (third-person singular simple present profligates, present participle profligating, simple past and past participle profligated) (obsolete) To drive away; to overcome. ==== Derived terms ==== profligatory ==== Related terms ==== profligation === Verb === profligate Obsolete form of profligated (past participle of profligate): profligated: routed, overcome, driven away. === Further reading === “profligate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “profligate”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Latin == === Adjective === prōflīgāte vocative masculine singular of prōflīgātus