Толковый словарь английского языка - profligate
Profligate
profligate
I. adjective Etymology: Latin profligatus, from past participle of profligare to strike down, from proforward, down + -fligare (akin to fligere to strike); akin to Greek phlibein to squeeze Date: 1647 completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness, wildly extravagant ; prodigal , ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1709 a person given to wildly extravagant and usually grossly self-indulgent expenditure
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 licentious; dissolute. 2 recklessly extravagant. --n. a profligate person. Derivatives profligacy n. profligately adv. Etymology: L profligatus dissolute, past part. of profligare overthrow, ruin (as PRO-(1), fligere strike down) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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