Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The character of being profligate; profligacy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The quality of being profligate; an abandoned course of life; profligacy.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The state or condition of being
profligate ;wastefulness .
Etymologies
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profligate + -ness
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Examples
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Lord W. began it with a complaint of the inso-lence and profligateness of servants.
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From this danger he narrowly escaped, by means of his general good character, and remarkable inoffen-siveness, and the profligateness of his accusers: nor knew he his danger till many months afterwards.
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Lord W---- began it with a complaint of the insolence and profligateness of servants.
The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) Samuel Richardson 1725
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