adj. & n.
adj. 1 licentious; dissolute. 2 recklessly extravagant.
n. a profligate person. profligacy n. profligately adv.
[ L profligatus dissolute, past part. of profligare overthrow, ruin (as PRO-(1), fligere strike down) ]
adj. & n.
adj. 1 licentious; dissolute. 2 recklessly extravagant.
n. a profligate person. profligacy n. profligately adv.
[ L profligatus dissolute, past part. of profligare overthrow, ruin (as PRO-(1), fligere strike down) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012