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profligate
(adj.) 1. shamelessly wicked: 2. recklessly extravagant; (n.) a very wicked person or a spendthrift
When the profligate son returned home, the father killed a fattened calf for him, something he had never done for his faithful son.
Related English word: profligacy (shameless dissipation; reckless extravagance)
Latin root words: profligator, profligatoris, m. - a spendthrift; profligo, profligare, profligavi, profligatus - to strike to the ground; to overthrow; to ruin
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