profligateness

Variant of profligate

profligate definition

prof·li·gate (präf′li git)

adjective

  1. immoral and shameless
  2. extremely wasteful; recklessly extravagant

Etymology: L profligatus, pp. of profligare, to strike to the ground, rout, ruin < pro-, forward (see pro-) + fligere, to drive, dash (see inflict)

noun

a profligate person

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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