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    [Adjective]  | "prof*li*gate" | \ ˈprä-fli-gət \


    1: wildly extravagant

    2: completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness : shamelessly immoral


    Origin: 1617 ;

     Latin profligatus, from past participle of profligare to strike down, from pro- forward, down + -fligare (akin to fligere to strike); akin to Greek phlibein to squeeze;

    [Noun]  | "prof*li*gate" | \ ˈprä-fli-gət \


    1: a person given to wildly extravagant and usually grossly self-indulgent expenditure


    Origin: 1679 ;

     See: {profligate:1 };

    [Adjective]  | "profligate" 


    1: given to spending money freely or foolishly;


      * e.g., " ... profligate movie producers hoping to create the next blockbuster "





    [Noun]  | "profligate" 


    1: someone who spends money freely or foolishly;


      * e.g., " ... a profligate who could not really afford the grand style he maintained at Monticello, Jefferson died deeply in debt "





    2: a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard;


      * e.g., " ... a drunken profligate, he was given to wretched excess in every aspect of his life "



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     [ "profligate" ]

    1: Some one being smelt by a legionare

      * e.g.,  ... I smell profligate 

     [ "vociferous profligate" ]

    1: A name for Wiggle Wigglebottom coined by based enbie grumpus Floofty Fizzlebean, considering the former's an extravagant, loud, attention-seeking bitch while her singing is absolutely dreadful that will make your ears bleed.

      * e.g.,  ... "Darling, they once called me a "vociferous profligate". I'm terribly insulted though I have NO idea what that even means." 

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