dissolute

English

Etymology

From Middle English dissolute, from Latin dissolutus.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdɪsəljuːt/
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Adjective

dissolute (comparative more dissolute, superlative most dissolute)

  1. Unrestrained by morality.
  2. Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.

Synonyms

Derived terms
English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃-‎ (0 c, 29 e)

Translations

Noun

dissolute (plural dissolutes)

  1. An immoral person devoted to sensual pleasures.
    • 1879, The Quarterly Review, volume 148, page 263:
      [H]e illustrated the hypocrisy of his party; and was often known to exercise his talent of drinking a company of dissolutes under the table.

Anagrams

Italian

Adjective

dissolute

  1. feminine plural of dissoluto

Noun

dissolute f

  1. plural of dissoluta

Latin

Participle

dissolūte

  1. vocative masculine singular of dissolūtus

References
  • “dissolute”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “dissolute”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • dissolute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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