Profligacy — Prof li*ga*cy, n. [See {Profligate}, a.] The quality of state of being profligate; a profligate or very vicious course of life; a state of being abandoned in moral principle and in vice; dissoluteness. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
profligacy — index bad repute, debauchery, delinquency (misconduct), vice Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
profligacy — (n.) 1738, from PROFLIGATE (Cf. profligate) + CY (Cf. cy) … Etymology dictionary
profligacy — [[t]prɒ̱flɪgəsi[/t]] N UNCOUNT Profligacy is the spending of too much money or the using of too much of something. [FORMAL] ...the continuing profligacy of certain states. Syn: wastefulness … English dictionary
profligacy — profligate ► ADJECTIVE 1) recklessly extravagant or wasteful. 2) licentious; dissolute. ► NOUN ▪ a profligate person. DERIVATIVES profligacy noun. ORIGIN Latin profligatus dissolute , from profligare overthrow, ruin … English terms dictionary
profligacy — noun Date: 1738 the quality or state of being profligate … New Collegiate Dictionary
profligacy — /prof li geuh see/, n. 1. shameless dissoluteness. 2. reckless extravagance. 3. great abundance. [1730 40; PROFLIG(ATE) + ACY] * * * … Universalium
profligacy — Synonyms and related words: carnality, corruption, debauchery, degeneracy, depravity, dissipation, dissoluteness, eroticism, evil, excess, exorbitance, extravagance, immorality, improvidence, indecency, lasciviousness, lavishness, lechery,… … Moby Thesaurus
profligacy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun 1. Excessive freedom; lack of restraint: dissoluteness, dissolution, libertinism, license, licentiousness. See RESTRAINT. 2. Excessive or imprudent expenditure: extravagance, extravagancy, lavishness, prodigality,… … English dictionary for students
profligacy — prof·li·ga·cy || prÉ‘flɪgÉ™sɪ / prÉ’f n. extravagance, wastefulness; wantonness, licentiousness; degeneracy; promiscuousness, depravity … English contemporary dictionary
