PROFLIGATE

profligate. Profligate, a. abandoned, lost to virtue

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Prof″li‐gate (?), a. [[L. profligatus, p. p. of profligare to strike or dash to the ground, to destroy; pro before + a word akin to fligere to strike. See Afflict.]] 1. 1. Overthrown; beaten; conquered.
The foe is profligate, and run. Hudibras. 2. 2. Broken down in respect of rectitude, principle, virtue, or decency; openly and shamelessly immoral or vicious; dissolute; as, profligate man or wretch.
A race more profligate than we. Roscommon. Made prostitute and profligate muse. Dryden. Syn. — Abandoned; corrupt; dissolute; vitiated; depraved; vicious; wicked. See Abandoned.