profligation

noun

1. defeat; rout; overthrow

   countable, obsolete, uncountable

   the braying of Silenus his Ass, conduced much to the profligation of the Giants

2. Licentiousness; lewd behavior.

   countable, uncountable

   I've seen your player show folks, and such like wiggeling and waggeling, and chattering about London pride, and London profligation, and what not – Now I think, if one of them was just to set about talking a little of London kindheartedness and London charity, it would be rather more truerer, and quite as becoming.

3. The quality of being profligate; extravagance; overabundance.

   countable, uncountable

   This profligation of grant programs has tended to confuse objectives, recipients, and administrators.

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Late Latin prōflīgātiō, from prō- (“forward”, (whence pro-)) + flīgō (“to strike, dash”) + -ō. By surface analysis, profligate + -ion.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry profligation (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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