profligacy
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profligacy
- /ˈpɹɑflɪɡəsi/ US
Where it comes from
From proflig(ate) + -acy (with -acy a suffixal construction from -ate + -cy), from Latin prōflīgātus, past participle of Latin prōflīgō, from prō- (“forward”) + flīgō (“to strike, dash”) (whence pro-).
noun profligacies
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Careless wastefulness.
No question has arisen within the records of history that pressed with the importance of the present.[…]whether man shall inherit his rights, and universal civilisation take place? Whether the fruits of his labours shall be enjoyed by himself or consumed by the profligacy of governments?
Similar: extravagance, profligateness, spendthrift, imprudence, prodigality, profligacy, profusion, recklessness
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Shameless and immoral behaviour.
He had, indeed, reduced several women to a state of utter profligacy, had broke the hearts of some, and had the honour of occasioning the violent death of one poor girl, who had either drowned herself, or, what was rather more probable, had been drowned by him.
Similar: vice
Similar: carrying-on, Corinthianism, knavery, profligacy, rakehood, vice · Opposite: virtue
Thesaurus
noun
Similar: carrying-on, Corinthianism, knavery, profligacy, rakehood, vice · Opposite: virtue
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noun careless wastefulness
| Español | derroche |
|---|---|
| Português | esbanjamento, prodigalidade, desperdício |
| Français | dilapidation, gaspillage |
| Deutsch | Verschwendung |
| Italiano | sperpero, spreco |
| Русский | расточительность rastočitelʹnostʹ |
noun shameless and immoral behaviour
| Português | devassidão, libertinagem, licenciosidade |
|---|---|
| Français | débauche, impudence, indécence |
| Italiano | dissolutezza, sregolatezza |
| Русский | распутство rasputstvo |
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