Both Uses of
profligate
in
Pride and Prejudice
- The extravagance and general profligacy which he scrupled not to lay at Mr. Wickham's charge, exceedingly shocked her; the more so, as she could bring no proof of its injustice.†
p. 199.9 *
- We both know that he has been profligate in every sense of the word; that he has neither integrity nor honor; that he is as false and deceitful as he is insinuating.†
p. 270.3
Definitions:
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(1)
(profligate) carelessly and wastefully extravagant -- especially with money, resources, or behavior
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely, profligate can refer to behavior considered immoral or to someone who behaves in such a way.