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Word: Profligate
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
mid 16th century (in the sense ‘overthrown, routed’): from Latin profligatus ‘dissolute’, past participle of profligare ‘overthrow, ruin’, from pro- ‘forward, down’ + fligere ‘strike down’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈprɒflɪɡət
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a licentious, dissolute person
Short Definition:licentious, dissolute person
Examples:- he is a drunkard and a profligate
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