This week's theme: a medley of words. profligate (PROF-li-git, -gayt) adjective
1. Recklessly extravagant; wasteful. 2. Given over to dissipation; dissolute. noun A profligate person. [From Latin profligatus, past participle of profligare (to strike down, to ruin), from pro- (forth, down) + fligere (to strike).] Today's word in Visual Thesaurus: http://visualthesaurus.com/?w1=profligate -Anu Garg (garg wordsmith.org) "Despite Bank Markazi's tsunami of petrodollars, the IMF has warned that profligate state spending spells future budget deficits." Matein Khalid; Iran: Sanctions, Geopolitics and the Economy; Khaleej Times (Dubai, United Arab Emirates); Jan 7, 2007. Sponsored by: Ever wonder why we aren't just happy, we're happy as a clam? Derivation, a fascinating game about word & phrase origins. A great gift! http://entspire.com DreamHost: Friendly managed web hosting. Friendly tech support comes standard with all accounts: http://www.dreamhost.com/r.cgi?238296 ............................................................................ If the stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882) Looking for word/quotation archives: http://wordsmith.org/awad/archives.html Unsubscribe, change address, etc: http://wordsmith.org/awad/subscriber.html Pronunciation: http://wordsmith.org/words/profligate.wav http://wordsmith.org/words/profligate.ram Permalink: http://wordsmith.org/words/profligate.html This message was sent to "[email protected]".
