profligate
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute personAn abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
» He was a drunkard and a profligate.
Meaning
2 sensesAn abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
развра́тникrazvrátnik, распу́тникraspútnik
An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
расточи́тельrastočítelʹ, транжи́рtranžír, мотmot
a recklessly extravagant consumer
Examples
3 sentencesHe was a drunkard and a profligate.
City were profligate in front of goal, wasting chance after chance.
ruКоманда "Манчестер Сити" небрежно играла перед воротами, упуская шанс за шансом. — carlosalberto
deCity war vor dem Tor sehr nachlässig und vergab Chance um Chance. — carlosalberto
Tom is a careless profligate.
Translations
2 languagesBy meaning 2
Origin
The adjective is first attested in 1535, the verb in 1542; borrowed from Latin prōflīgātusThe 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.
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Forms
plural: profligates| Singular | profligate |
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regular