Definition of profligate

< profit sharing

proform >

prof·li·gate    (prfl-gt, -gt) KEY 

ADJECTIVE:

1. Given over to dissipation; dissolute.
2. Recklessly wasteful; wildly extravagant.

NOUN:

A profligate person; a wastrel.

---

ETYMOLOGY:
Latin prflgtus, past participle of prflgre, to ruin, cast down : pr-, forward ; see pro-¹ + -flgre, intensive of flgere, to strike down

OTHER FORMS:
profli·ga·cy  (-g-s) KEY (Noun), profli·gate·ly(Adverb)