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profligates

profligates is the plural of profligate.

profligates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of profligate.

Meaning of profligate

Noun

profligate (plural profligates)

  1. An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
    • Have you come to Nelson seeking your death, profligate?2010 October 19, Obsidian Entertainment, Fallout: New Vegas, Bethesda Softworks, level/area: Nelson
  2. An overly wasteful or extravagant individual.
    • He proposed to call witnesses to show how the prisoner, a profligate and spendthrift, had been at the end of his financial tether, and had also been carrying on an intrigue with a certain Mrs. Raikes, a neighbouring farmer’s wife.1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, London: Pan Books, published 1954, page 152

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Questions about profligates

What is profligates the plural of?
Profligates is the plural of profligate.

Words near profligates in the dictionary

  1. profligacy
  2. profligate
  3. profligated
  4. profligately
  5. profligateness
  6. profligates
  7. profligating
  8. profligation
  9. profligations
  10. profligatory
  11. profluence

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