Profligate

Definition: Profligate

Profligate

Adjective

1. Recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures".

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

Noun

1. A dissolute man in fashionable society.

2. A recklessly extravagant consumer.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "profligate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references)

Synonyms: Profligate

Vice

Unprincipled, lawless, disorderly, contra bonos mores, indecorous, unseemly, improper; dissolute, profligate, scampish; unworthy; worthless; desertless; disgraceful, recreant; reprehensible, blameworthy, uncommendable; discreditable, disreputable; Sadistic.

Crosswords: Profligate

The Profligate (1917)

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Books

• Profligate son : Branwell Brontèe and his sisters (reference)

• The profligate duke : George Spencer-Churchill, fifth Duke of Marlborough, and his duchess (reference)

  (more book examples)

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Economic History

Ukraine

Longer-term projects will emphasize controlling the profligate waste of energy by Ukrainian industries -- a step that is closely tied to privatization and to putting heavy industry on a market footing. (references)

Nigeria

However, the inflow of oil revenue has also led to profligate fiscal policy at both the federal and state government levels. (references)

Nigeria

State governments, in particular, are offering bonds, however, given the profligate spending by state governments in 2001, these bonds must be considered high risk. (references)

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Albanian

plëngprishës, i shthurur (debauched, disorganized, dissipated, dissolute, impure, libertine, licentious, loose, promiscuous, unrighteous), i lëshuar (abandoned, flabby, flaccid, flagging, floppy, funky, lackadaisical, languid, languishing, lax, licentious, limp, loose, nerveless, pendulous, slack, slatternly, slipshod, weary, wretched). (various references)

Arabic 

‏فاسق (bawdy, debauched, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, don juan, fornicator, immoral, lascivious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, light, lubricious, miscreant, obscene, philanderer, punk, raffish, rakish, scab, scarlet, slippery, unchaste, uninhibited, wanton), ‏فاجر (bawdy, dissipated, dissolute, lecher, libertine, licentious, obscene, obscenity, rake, rakish, wanton), ‏متهتك (dissolute, immoral), ‏مسرف (extravagant, improvident, intemperate, ladle, lavish, loud, prodigal, profuse, thriftless, towering, ultra, wanton, wasteful), ‏ماجن (impudent, shameless), ‏مبذر (extravagant, lavish, prodigal, profuse, spendthrift, squanderer, thriftless, wasteful), ‏خليع (dissipated, dissolute, lewd, libertine, licentious, rake, rakish, uninhibited, wanton), ‏شخص متهتك (rip). (various references)

Bulgarian 

разточителен (extravagant, improvident, lavish, luxurious, prodigal, profuse, spendthrift, sumptuous, superfluous, thriftless, uneconomic, unsparing, unthrifty, wanton, wasteful), развратник (debauchee, fornicator, goat, lecher, libertine, rep, roue, satyr, sport, wanton, whore master), развратен (abandoned, debauched, dissolute, fast, filthy, goatish, immoral, impure, lax, lecherous, lewd, lickerish, perverted, rakish, reprobate, scarlet, sporty), разпуснат (dissolute, fast, free, gay, incontinent, lax, loose, raffish, rakish, self-abandoned, ungovernable, unregenerated, unsteady, wanton), безпътен (abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, immodest, reprobate, unsteady), прахоснически (prodigal, squanderingly, thriftless, wasteful), прахосник (prodigal, scatter-good, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, waster). (various references)

Chinese 

�"�荡 (licentious). (various references)

Czech

prostopášník (rioter), prostopášný (debauched, dissolute, libidinous, licentious, loose, rakish, wanton), rozmařilý (gay). (various references)

Farsi 

فاسدالاخلاق (Harlot), هرزه (Bawdy, Dissolute, Harlot, Immoral, Lascivious, Lewd, Libertine, Licentious, Loose, Perverse, Prurient, Rake, Rakish, Reprobate, Ribald, Salacious, Sordid), ولخرج (Prodigal, Spendthrift, Wasteful), بی بندوبار (Loose, Unrestrained). (various references)

Finnish

paheellinen (depraved, vicious). (various references)

French

libertin, extrêmement prodige, dissolu, débauché. (various references)

German

verworfen (castaway, cockled, corrupt, degenerate, depraved, quashed, unrighteous). (various references)

Greek 

ακόλαστοσ (debauchee, dissolute, lecherous, libertine, loose, rakish), ακολασία (debauch, debauchery, dissipation, lewdness, licentiousness, orgy, profligacy, promiscuity, rakishness, wantonness), ασελγήσ (carnal, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, prurient, voluptuous), ανήθικοσ (bawdy, immoral, nonmoral, obscene). (various references)

Hebrew 

מופקר (meretricious, rake, unbridled), מבזבז (prodigal, wasting), �"ולל (licentious, mirthful, rake, rakish, unruly). (various references)

Hungarian

kicsapongó (dissipated, dissolute, fast, lecherous, libertine, licentious, pornerastic, raffish, rakish, riotous, roue), feslett (abandoned, lax, lewd, libertine, loose). (various references)

Indonesian

pujur (dissolute). (various references)

Italian

licenzioso (debauched, dissipated, dissolute, frolicsome, indecent, lawless, licentious, loose, obscene, raffish, ribald, riotous, rollicking, unchecked, undisciplined, unrestrained, wanton, wild), dissoluto (debauched, dissolute, goatish, lawless, licentious, rakish, riotous, roue, unchecked, unrestrained). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

極�" , �"��' (dissipated, licentious). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ほうらつ (dissipated, licentious), �"くどう. (various references)

Manx

rouanagh (immoral, lewd, rioter, riotous, wanton), dreih rouanagh, dreih mollee. (various references)

Pig Latin

ofligatepray.(various references)

Portuguese

sem vergonha (barefaced, impudent, licentious, shameless, unashamed, unblushing, unscrupulous, wasteful). (various references)

Romanian

risipitor (dissipated, extravagant, improvident, luxurious, prodigal, profuse, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, thriftless, wasteful), destrãbãlat (debauched, debauchee, dissipated, dissolute, lewd, libertine, lickerish, liquorish, loose, rake, reinless, reprobate, unruly), desfrânat (abandoned, bad, debauched, dissipated, dissolute, incontinent, lewd, lickerish, lustful, man of pleasure, meretricious, raffish, rake, rakish, reinless, reprobate, reveller, ribald, rioter, riotous, rip, ruttish, salacious, unchaste, unrestrained, unruly, wanton, whoremaster), depravat (debauchee, depraved, graceless, loose, obliquitous, vicious), cheltuitor (dissipated, extravagant, prodigal, profuse, spender, spendthrift, squanderer, thriftless, wasteful, waster). (various references)

Russian 

расточительный (extravagant, improvident, lavish, prodigal, spendthrift, thriftless, unsparing, unthrifty, wasteful), распутный (dissolute, lecherous, lewd, libertine, meretricious, promiscuous, rakish, salacious, wenchy), распутник расточительный. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

raskalašnik (roue, swinger), rasipnik (spender, spendthrift, waster, wastrel). (various references)

Spanish

pródigo (extravagant, lavish, prodigal, profuse, spendthrift, unsparing, wasteful), libertino (debauchee, lawless, libertine, licentious, promiscuous, rake, rakish, riotous, roue, tangle, unchecked, uncurbed, unhalted, unrestrained), disoluto (debauchee, dissolute, loose, raffish, rakish), derrochador (extravagant, ofligates, spendthrift, wastrel). (various references)

Swedish

utsvävande (abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, licentious, rakish, riotous, wild). (various references)

Turkish

müsrif (consumptive, extravagant, improvident, inefficient, lavish, prodigal, profuse, spender, spendthrift, squander, squanderer, thriftless, unthrifty, wasteful), hovarda (chaser, dissolute, gadabout, gay, libertine, licentious, masher, raffish, rake, rakish, rascal, riotous, rip, spark, sybarite, vagabond, wild), edepsiz tip, çapkın (amorist, chaser, debauchee, dissolute, flirt, flirtatious, lecherous, lewd, libertine, licentious, lothario, rake, rakish, rascal, rip, rogue, roguish, roue, vagabond, varlet, villain, wolf, womanizer). (various references)

Ukrainian

розпусник (debauchee, lecher, libertine, philanderer, reprobate, ribald, roue, whipster, whore monger), розпусний (bestial, debauched, lecherous, libertine, lickerish, meretricious, rakish, riotous, salacious, wide), марнотратник (waster), марнотратний (expensive, extravagant, improvident, lavish, luxurious, pound-foolish, prodigal, spendthrift, unsparing, wasteful). (various references)

Vietnamese 

phóng đãng (immoral, raffish, riotous), phá của (prodigal), trác táng hoang to� ng, người phóng đãng, người phá của, kẻ trác táng người hoang to� ng. (various references)

dissolutus, flagitiosissime, profligatus, soluta, soluti, solutis, solutum, solutus. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "profligate": profligately, profligates. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Profligate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: plofligate, Portlligat, prifligate, profigate, profilgate, profiligate, proflegate, proflgate, profligat, profligation, profligrate, profulgate, progligate, proligate. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: floatier, leapfrog, petiolar, pilotage.

-3 letters: fagoter, firepot, fleapit, floater, flotage, foliage, foliate, fragile, frigate, galipot, gloater, legator, loftier, peloria, pergola, piefort, plaiter, platier, poitrel, politer, portage, profile, prolate, refloat, trefoil.

-4 letters: aiglet, aigret, aplite, epilog, falter, ferial, fetial, filter, florae, floret, foetal, folate, foliar, forage, forgat, forget, gaiter, galiot, galore, gaoler, garote, gelati.

+1 letter: profligates.

+2 letters: profligately.

+3 letters: proliferating.

+4 letters: preformulating.