Category:Profligate

Prof"li*gate, a. Etym: [l. profligatus, p. p. of profligare to strike Or dash to the ground, to destroy; pro before + a word akin to Fligere to strike. See afflict.]

1. Overthrown; beaten; conquered. [obs.] The foe is profligate, and run. Hudibras.

2. Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or Decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, Profligate man or wretch. A race more profligate than we. Roscommon. Made prostitute and profligate muse. Dryden.

Syn. -- abandoned; corrupt; dissolute; vitiated; depraved; vicious; Wicked. See abandoned.

Profligate Prof"li*gate, n.

Defn: an abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a Dissolute person. "such a profligate as antony." Swift.

Profligate Prof"li*gate, v. t.

Defn: to drive away; to overcome.

Note: [a latinism] [obs.] Harvey.