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profligacies

profligacies is the plural of profligacy.

Meaning of profligacy

Noun

profligacy (countable and uncountable, plural profligacies)

  1. (countable) Careless wastefulness.
    • No question has arisen within the records of history that pressed with the importance of the present.[…]whether man shall inherit his rights, and universal civilisation take place? Whether the fruits of his labours shall be enjoyed by himself or consumed by the profligacy of governments?1791, Thomas Paine, Rights of Man: Being an Answer to Mr. Burke’s Attack on the French Revolution, London: […] J. S. Jordan, […], →OCLC
  2. (uncountable) Shameless and immoral behaviour.
    • He had, indeed, reduced several women to a state of utter profligacy, had broke the hearts of some, and had the honour of occasioning the violent death of one poor girl, who had either drowned herself, or, what was rather more probable, had been drowned by him.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    vice

Questions about profligacies

What is profligacies the plural of?
Profligacies is the plural of profligacy.

Words near profligacies in the dictionary

  1. profitwise
  2. profixigenal
  3. proflavin
  4. proflavine
  5. proflazepam
  6. profligacies
  7. profligacy
  8. profligate
  9. profligated
  10. profligately
  11. profligateness

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