profligacyn.

Brit.

/ˈprɒflᵻɡəsi/, U.S.

/ˈprɑfləɡəsi/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: profligate adj., -acy suffix.

Etymology: < profligate adj.: see -acy suffix.

1. Licentious or dissolute behaviour; debauchery; spec. (in later use) sexual promiscuity. Also: an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [noun]

reveriec1350

wantonnessc1390

recolagea1400

unthriftinessc1450

dissoluteness1549

profligateness1668

profligacy1693

unvirtuousness1865

virtuelessness1891

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun]

ribaldyc1300

riotc1330

ribaldry1389

riotingc1390

riotry?a1400

wildnessc1400

arrioutc1410

ramageness1440

ribaldise?c1450

unthriftinessc1450

ramagec1485

riotousness?1535

royet1542

dissoluteness1549

ruffianing1549

riotness1553

wildernessa1616

debauchery1642

profligateness1668

profligacy1693

rakishness1737

rakism1777

profligation1805

rouéism1828

1693 W. Payne Pract. Disc. Repentance v. 440 Some vices which..are not of such downright Irreligion and General Profligacy and Debauchery as others.

c1740 Visct. Bolingbroke Idea Patriot King xiii. 112 Hitherto it has been thought the highest Pitch of Profligacy to own, instead of concealing Crimes, and to take Pride in them, instead of being asham'd of them.

1767 W. Cowper Let. 16 June (1979) I. 169 [The election] occasions the most detestable Scene of Profligacy & Riot that can be imagined.

1845 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) July 402/1 All degeneracies, corruptions, profligacies,..and pollutions that make earth sick.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 253 In..the Daitaleis, Aristophanes attacked the profligacy and immodesty of the rising generation.

1934 Hammond (Indiana) Times 6 Mar. 2/4 Taunted by her husband Tone's profligacies..Sarah sees life black.

1963 J. A. Crow Spain: Root & Flower vi. 139 The profligacy and tyranny of his court soon lost him the backing of many others.

2001 Granta Summer 20 Promiscuity, profligacy, skirt-chasing—call it what one will—none were among the reasons my marriage unravelled.

a. Reckless extravagance, prodigality; (also) a wasteful or extravagant act.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun]

overflowingnessOE

wastinga1300

prodigality1340

misdispendingc1390

misspendingc1390

fool-largessec1405

wantonness1448

fool-largec1450

dilapidationc1460

lavish1483

consuminga1538

profusion1545

sumptuosity1550

wastefulness1551

lashing1556

lavishing1574

profuseness1584

lavishness1590

misspense1591

wastening1604

outlashing1611

duck and drake1614

largesse1614

lavishment1630

squandering1632

prodigence1634

dissipation1639

wastry1645

profusiveness1655

high living1656

nepotation1656

extravagancy1666

extravagance1727

profligacy1792

squander1806

profligateness1817

wastrife1818

spendthriftism1862

wasterfulness1884

high-rolling1890

prodigalism1896

spendthriftiness1950

squanderbugging1966

1792 T. Paine Rights of Man ii. v. 90 Whether the fruits of his labours shall be enjoyed by himself, or consumed by the profligacy of governments?

1845 W. G. Simms Count Julian iv. ii. 109 With one whose profligacies demanded continual supplies of money, the attainment of so large an amount..was a sufficient occasion for good humor.

1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 98 Profligacy consists not in spending years of time or chests of money,—but in spending them off the line of your career.

1922 S. Anderson Winesburg Ohio 4 There was the truth of virginity and the truth of passion, the truth of..thrift and of profligacy, of carelessness and abandon.

1959 M. G. de Chazeau & A. E. Kahn Integration & Competition in Petroleum Industry xvii. 429 The unorganized producers..were left to bear the costs of their collective profligacy.

1996 Australian 10 Sept. (Brisbane ed.) 56/2 Previous profligacies have forced tax-averse US politicians to do a bit of finetuning.

b. Lack of moderation, excess; great abundance, profusion.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > superabundance

flood1340

overabundancea1382

abundancec1384

excessa1387

superfluitya1387

surcarka1400

superabundance?a1475

superfluencea1477

abundancy?1526

superfluousnessa1540

pleurisya1550

inundation1589

exsuperance1603

plethory1606

overplus1609

exuberancy1611

redoundancy1623

superabundancy1628

exsuperancy1638

exuberance1638

floodings1674

plethora1700

embarrassment1815

profligacy1834

overfullness1884

1834 Pearl & Lit. Gaz. 29 Mar. 139/3 It is to Whittier..that the American public ought to look for a long and elaborate poem, which may redeem the poetical profligacy of our poets.

1886 P. Robinson Valley Teetotum Trees 121 The prodigious luxuriance and profligacy of the botany of the tropics.

1900 Edinb. Rev. July 182 This profusion or profligacy of pictures.

1934 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 9 Mar. 2/3 An era in which publications flourish with the profligacy of flowers in the spring.

1992 Mod. Painters Spring 24/2 The complaints..are nearer the mark than most eulogies: the profligacy is in disdaining unchallengingly polite literalness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	profligacy
释义	profligacyn. Brit. /ˈprɒflᵻɡəsi/, U.S. /ˈprɑfləɡəsi/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: profligate adj., -acy suffix. Etymology: < profligate adj.: see -acy suffix. 1. Licentious or dissolute behaviour; debauchery; spec. (in later use) sexual promiscuity. Also: an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > inferiority or baseness > dissolute conduct > [noun] reveriec1350 wantonnessc1390 recolagea1400 unthriftinessc1450 dissoluteness1549 profligateness1668 profligacy1693 unvirtuousness1865 virtuelessness1891 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > profligacy, dissoluteness, or debauchery > [noun] ribaldyc1300 riotc1330 ribaldry1389 riotingc1390 riotry?a1400 wildnessc1400 arrioutc1410 ramageness1440 ribaldise?c1450 unthriftinessc1450 ramagec1485 riotousness?1535 royet1542 dissoluteness1549 ruffianing1549 riotness1553 wildernessa1616 debauchery1642 profligateness1668 profligacy1693 rakishness1737 rakism1777 profligation1805 rouéism1828 1693 W. Payne Pract. Disc. Repentance v. 440 Some vices which..are not of such downright Irreligion and General Profligacy and Debauchery as others. c1740 Visct. Bolingbroke Idea Patriot King xiii. 112 Hitherto it has been thought the highest Pitch of Profligacy to own, instead of concealing Crimes, and to take Pride in them, instead of being asham'd of them. 1767 W. Cowper Let. 16 June (1979) I. 169 [The election] occasions the most detestable Scene of Profligacy & Riot that can be imagined. 1845 New Englander (New Haven, Connecticut) July 402/1 All degeneracies, corruptions, profligacies,..and pollutions that make earth sick. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets viii. 253 In..the Daitaleis, Aristophanes attacked the profligacy and immodesty of the rising generation. 1934 Hammond (Indiana) Times 6 Mar. 2/4 Taunted by her husband Tone's profligacies..Sarah sees life black. 1963 J. A. Crow Spain: Root & Flower vi. 139 The profligacy and tyranny of his court soon lost him the backing of many others. 2001 Granta Summer 20 Promiscuity, profligacy, skirt-chasing—call it what one will—none were among the reasons my marriage unravelled. 2. a. Reckless extravagance, prodigality; (also) a wasteful or extravagant act. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [noun] overflowingnessOE wastinga1300 prodigality1340 misdispendingc1390 misspendingc1390 fool-largessec1405 wantonness1448 fool-largec1450 dilapidationc1460 lavish1483 consuminga1538 profusion1545 sumptuosity1550 wastefulness1551 lashing1556 lavishing1574 profuseness1584 lavishness1590 misspense1591 wastening1604 outlashing1611 duck and drake1614 largesse1614 lavishment1630 squandering1632 prodigence1634 dissipation1639 wastry1645 profusiveness1655 high living1656 nepotation1656 extravagancy1666 extravagance1727 profligacy1792 squander1806 profligateness1817 wastrife1818 spendthriftism1862 wasterfulness1884 high-rolling1890 prodigalism1896 spendthriftiness1950 squanderbugging1966 1792 T. Paine Rights of Man ii. v. 90 Whether the fruits of his labours shall be enjoyed by himself, or consumed by the profligacy of governments? 1845 W. G. Simms Count Julian iv. ii. 109 With one whose profligacies demanded continual supplies of money, the attainment of so large an amount..was a sufficient occasion for good humor. 1860 R. W. Emerson Wealth in Conduct of Life (London ed.) 98 Profligacy consists not in spending years of time or chests of money,—but in spending them off the line of your career. 1922 S. Anderson Winesburg Ohio 4 There was the truth of virginity and the truth of passion, the truth of..thrift and of profligacy, of carelessness and abandon. 1959 M. G. de Chazeau & A. E. Kahn Integration & Competition in Petroleum Industry xvii. 429 The unorganized producers..were left to bear the costs of their collective profligacy. 1996 Australian 10 Sept. (Brisbane ed.) 56/2 Previous profligacies have forced tax-averse US politicians to do a bit of finetuning. b. Lack of moderation, excess; great abundance, profusion. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] > superabundance flood1340 overabundancea1382 abundancec1384 excessa1387 superfluitya1387 surcarka1400 superabundance?a1475 superfluencea1477 abundancy?1526 superfluousnessa1540 pleurisya1550 inundation1589 exsuperance1603 plethory1606 overplus1609 exuberancy1611 redoundancy1623 superabundancy1628 exsuperancy1638 exuberance1638 floodings1674 plethora1700 embarrassment1815 profligacy1834 overfullness1884 1834 Pearl & Lit. Gaz. 29 Mar. 139/3 It is to Whittier..that the American public ought to look for a long and elaborate poem, which may redeem the poetical profligacy of our poets. 1886 P. Robinson Valley Teetotum Trees 121 The prodigious luxuriance and profligacy of the botany of the tropics. 1900 Edinb. Rev. July 182 This profusion or profligacy of pictures. 1934 Evening Tribune (Albert Lea, Minnesota) 9 Mar. 2/3 An era in which publications flourish with the profligacy of flowers in the spring. 1992 Mod. Painters Spring 24/2 The complaints..are nearer the mark than most eulogies: the profligacy is in disdaining unchallengingly polite literalness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1693
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