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Word of the Day – Profligate

By October 3, 2023Word of the Day

Profligate (adj)

prof-lig-ayt

Recklessly extravagant.

Profligate was first recorded around 1525–35, and comes from the Latin word prōflīgātus, meaning “broken down in character, degraded.”

Example sentences

“His profligate spending habits were soon to catch up with him.”

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