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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Profligate \Prof"li*gate\, a. [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.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Overthrown; beaten; conquered. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The foe is profligate, and run.       --Hudibras.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or
        decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious;
        dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A race more profligate than we.       --Roscommon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Made prostitute and profligate muse.  --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Abandoned; corrupt; dissolute; vitiated; depraved;
          vicious; wicked. See Abandoned.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Profligate \Prof"li*gate\, n.
     An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a
     dissolute person. ``Such a profligate as Antony.'' --Swift.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Profligate \Prof"li*gate\, v. t.
     To drive away; to overcome.
  
     Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --Harvey.
           [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Profligate \Prof"li*gate\, n.
     An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a
     dissolute person. ``Such a profligate as Antony.'' --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Profligate \Prof"li*gate\, v. t.
     To drive away; to overcome.
  
     Note: [A Latinism] [Obs.] --Harvey.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Profligate \Prof"li*gate\, a. [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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  profligate
       adj 1: recklessly wasteful; "prodigal in their expenditures" [syn:
              extravagant, prodigal, spendthrift]
       2: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a
          debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated
          and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched,
           degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine,
           riotous, fast]
       n 1: a dissolute man in fashionable society [syn: rake, rip,
            blood, roue]
       2: a recklessly extravagant consumer [syn: prodigal, squanderer]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  profligate
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la prōflīgātus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  profligate
     a.
     Inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly.
     n.
     1 An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a
  dissolute person.
     2 An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
     vb.
     (lb en obsolete) To drive away; to overcome.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  profligate
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la prōflīgātus  voc m s)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  profligate
     Latin a.
     (inflection of la prōflīgātus  voc m s)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  profligate
     Englanti a.
     1 tuhlaavainen
     2 moraaliton

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Profligate /pɹˈɒflɪɡˌeɪt/
  الفاسق

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  profligate //ˈpɹɑːflɪɡeɪt// //ˈpɹɑːflɪɡət// //ˈpɹɒflɪɡeɪt// //ˈpɹɒflɪɡət// 
  1. развратен, разпуснат
  immoral; abandoned to vice
  2. разточителен
  inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  profligate //ˈpɹɑːflɪɡeɪt// //ˈpɹɑːflɪɡət// //ˈpɹɒflɪɡeɪt// //ˈpɹɒflɪɡət// 
  1. развратник
  abandoned person
  2. прахосник
  overly wasteful or extravagant individual

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  profligate /pɹˈɒflɪɡˌeɪt/ 
  nestydatý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  profligate /pɹˈɒflɪɡˌeɪt/ 
  rozmařilý

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  profligate /pɹˈɒflɪɡˌeɪt/
  Playboy , Lebemann , Bonvivant  [veraltet] , Salonheld  [veraltet] , Salonlöwe  [veraltet] , Libertin  [geh.]  [veraltet]
           Note: leichtlebiger Mann
     Synonyms: playboy, loose-liver, debaucher, debauchee, rake, roué
  
   see: playboys, debauchers, debauchees, profligates, rakes, roués
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  profligate /pɹˈɒflɪɡˌeɪt/
  ausschweifend, zügellos, ungezügelt, exzessiv, von sinnlichen Genüssen geprägt, libertin  [geh.]  [veraltet]  [soc.]
     Synonyms: dissolute, dissipated
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  profligate /pɹˈɒflɪɡˌeɪt/
  hemmungslos, überschießend, verschwenderisch, exzessiv  [envir.]  [econ.]
           Note: Ressourcenverbrauch
        "be profligate of sth."  - verschwenderisch mit etw. umgehen
           Note: use of resources

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  profligate /pɹˈɒflɪɡˌeɪt/
  verschwenderischer Mensch , Verschwender 
        "profligates in the industrialized world"  - verschwenderische Staaten in der industrialisierten Welt
     Synonyms: spendthrift, squanderer, prodigal, wastrel
  

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  profligate //ˈpɹɑːflɪɡeɪt// //ˈpɹɑːflɪɡət// //ˈpɹɒflɪɡeɪt// //ˈpɹɒflɪɡət// 
  1. paheellinen
  immoral; abandoned to vice
  2. tuhlaavainen
  inclined to waste resources or behave extravagantly

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  profligate /pɹˈɒflɪɡˌeɪt/ 
  1. अपव्ययी
        "No one should be prfligate."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  profligate /pɹˈɒflɪɡˌeɪt/
  neumjeren čovjek, raspikuća, razuzdan

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  profligate /pɹˈɒflɪɡˌeɪt/
  1. tékozló
  2. kicsapongó
  3. feslett
  4. erkölcstelen

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  profligate /pɹˈɒflɪɡˌeɪt/
  1. uçarı, haylaz
  2. günahkâr
  3. edepsiz
  4. müsrif kimse, hovarda. profligacy  ahlâksızlık
  5. günahkârlık
  6. utanmazlık
  7. hovardalık. profligately  hovardaca, haylazca.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈpɹɔfɫɪˌɡeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  124 Moby Thesaurus words for "profligate":
     Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, abandoned, backslider, bad egg,
     bad lot, black sheep, carnal, contaminated, corrupt, corrupted,
     debased, debauched, debauchee, decadent, degenerate, degraded,
     depraved, dissipated, dissipative, dissolute, easy come, easy go,
     erotic, evil, excessive, extravagant, fallen angel, fast, free,
     gallant, gay, gay deceiver, gay dog, good-for-nothing, immoderate,
     immoral, improvident, incontinent, indecent, iniquitous,
     intemperate, lady-killer, lascivious, lavish, lecher, lecherous,
     lewd, libertine, licentious, loose, lost sheep, lost soul,
     lover-boy, miscreant, morally polluted, no-good, overgenerous,
     overlavish, overliberal, penny-wise and pound-foolish, pervert,
     perverted, philanderer, pimp, polluted, pound-foolish, prodigal,
     profuse, promiscuous, rake, rakehell, rakehellish, rakehelly,
     rakish, recidivist, reckless, recreant, reprobate, rip, rotten,
     roue, rounder, scapegrace, sensual, sensualist, shameless, sinful,
     sinner, skirt chaser, sodomite, sorry lot, spender, spendthrift,
     squanderer, squandering, steeped in iniquity, swinger, sybarite,
     sybaritic, tainted, trollop, unbridled, unprincipled, unrestrained,
     vice-corrupted, vitiated, voluptuary, voluptuous, walking phallus,
     wanton, warped, wasteful, waster, wastethrift, wastrel, whore,
     whoremonger, wicked, wild, wolf, woman chaser, womanizer
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 放荡的,不检点的,浪费的;
  n. 放荡者,享乐者;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 放荡的,不检点的,浪费的
     n. 放荡者,享乐者

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