Read full poem →verse, and rendering apt for the memory, maxims of an impious or
profligate tendency. In this point of view, there is, at least, no
edification in beholding the horrible crimes unto which OEdipus is
Dictionary Entry
An abandoned person; one openly and shamelessly vicious; a dissolute person.
Origin
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Common Phrases
. profligatelife profligatemen profligateuse profligateman profligate
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Poetry examples for “profligate”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →dignity, nor excites pride, in its possessor; but is consistent with
her mingling in the society of the libertine and the profligate.
Read full poem →happens that the good old times, when "l'amour du bon vieux tems,
l'amour antique," flourished, were the most profligate of all possible
centuries. Those who have any doubts on this subject may consult
Read full poem →And tender as a girl, all essenc'd o'er
With odours, and as profligate as sweet;
Who sell their laurel for a myrtle wreath,