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dis·so·lute

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–adjective

indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L dissolūtus (ptp. of dissolvere to dissolve). See dis-¹, solute

]

—Related forms

dis·so·lute·ly, adverb

dis·so·lute·ness, noun

—Synonyms corrupt, loose, debauched, wanton, abandoned.

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adj. Lacking moral restraint; indulging in sensual pleasures or vices.

[Middle English, from Latin dissolūtus, past participle of dissolvere, to dissolve; see dissolve.]

dis'so·lute'ly adv., dis'so·lute'ness n.

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dissolute

1382, from L. dissolutus, pp. of dissolvere "loosen up" (see dissolve). Intermediate sense of "lax" led to modern meaning of "unrestrained in morals" (1513).

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dissolute
adjective
unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: debauched]

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dissolute [ˈdisəluːt] adjective

bad or immoral
Example: dissolute behaviour

Arabic:	خَليع، فاجِر، فاسِد
Chinese (Simplified):	放荡的
Chinese (Traditional):	放蕩的
Czech:	zhýralý, prostopášný
Danish:	udsvævende; fordærvet
Dutch:	losbandig
Estonian:	kombelõtv
Finnish:	huikenteleva
French:	débauché
German:	anstößig, unzüchtig
Greek:	άσωτος, ανήθικος
Hungarian:	léha
Icelandic:	ósiðsamur; svallsamur; lauslátur
Indonesian:	buruk
Italian:	dissoluto

Japanese:	身持の悪い
Korean:	부도덕한, 방탕한
Latvian:	izlaidīgs; izvirtis
Lithuanian:	nedoras, pasileidęs
Norwegian:	ryggesløs, utsvevende, full av laster
Polish:	rozwiązły
Portuguese (Brazil):	dissoluto
Portuguese (Portugal):	devasso
Romanian:	desfrânat
Russian:	распущенный; порочный
Slovak:	skazený
Slovenian:	razuzdan
Spanish:	disoluto
Swedish:	utsvävande, lastbar
Turkish:	ahlâksız

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Dissolute

Dis"so*lute\, a. [L. dissolutus, p. p. of dissolvere: cf. F. dissolu. See Dissolve.]

1. With nerves unstrung; weak. [Obs.] --Spenser.

2. Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched. "A wild and dissolute soldier." --Motley.

Syn: Uncurbed; unbridled; disorderly; unrestrained; reckless; wild; wanton; vicious; lax; licentious; lewd; rakish; debauched; profligate.

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