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
Definition:
to spend money recklessly or wastefully; or a person who does so regularly