profligate \ˈprä-fli-gət\ adjective: 1. completely given up to dissipation and licentiousness, 2. wildly extravagant; prodigal
noun: a person given to wildly extravagant and usually grossly self-indulgent expenditure
Etymology: Latin profligatus, from past participle of profligare to strike down, from pro- forward, down + -fligare, akin to Greek phlibein to squeeze
This is a word one would rarely wish applied to oneself.
Posts
1 comment:
And yet some of my friends would gladly have it applied to them if it meant they had the means to live like that. I think they're funny, while we're all still young. x3
Post a Comment