Friday, March 19, 2010

cool word of the day

I was reading an article in which an investor said... " I'm not investing to become a big spender. If anything, I kind of abhor much of the profligacy that I see around me." So I looked it up...

profligate |ˈpräfligət; -ləˌgāt|

adjective
recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources : profligate consumers of energy.
• licentious; dissolute : he succumbed to drink and a profligate lifestyle.

noun
a licentious, dissolute person.

DERIVATIVES
profligacy |ˈpräfligəsē| noun
profligately adverb

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