| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| NOUN: | 1. An immoral or licentious person: libertine, rake1, wanton. See SEX. 2. A person who spends money or resources wastefully: prodigal, scattergood, spendthrift, waster, wastrel. See SAVE. | | ADJECTIVE: | 1. Lacking in moral restraint: abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gay, incontinent, licentious, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton, wild. See RESTRAINT. 2. Characterized by excessive or imprudent spending: extravagant, lavish, prodigal, profuse, spendthrift, wasteful. See CAREFUL, EXCESS, SAVE.
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