f
l
-gt, -g
t
)
adj.
1. Given over to dissipation; dissolute.
2. Recklessly wasteful; wildly
extravagant.
n.
A profligate person; a wastrel.
[Latin pr
fl
gtus, past participle of
prflgre, to ruin, cast down :
pr-,
forward; see pro-1 + -flgre, intensive of flgere, to
strike down.]
flgtus, past participle of
prflgre, to ruin, cast down :
pr-,
forward; see pro-1 + -flgre, intensive of flgere, to
strike down.]
profli·ga·cy (-g
-s
) n.
li·ga·cy (-g-s) n.
profli·gate·ly adv.
li·gate·ly adv.
Mom is not cheap, but she's not profligate either; like me, she's frugal.
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