— profligately , adv. — profligateness , n.
/prof"li git, -gayt'/ , adj.
1. utterly and shamelessly immoral or dissipated; thoroughly dissolute.
2. recklessly prodigal or extravagant.
n.
3. a profligate person.
[ 1525-35; profligatus broken down in character, degraded, orig. ptp. of profligare to shatter, debase, equiv. to pro- PRO- 1 + -fligare, deriv. of fligere to strike; see INFLICT, -ATE 1 ]
Syn. 1. abandoned, licentious.