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debauchee

[deb-aw-chee, -shee]

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noun

a person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; one given to debauchery.

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1655–65; < French débauché (past participle of débaucher). See debauch, -ee

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debauchee (ˌdɛbɔːˈtʃiː, -ɔːˈʃiː)

—n
	a man who leads a life of reckless drinking, promiscuity, and self-indulgence

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debauchee

1660s, from Fr. débauché "debauched (person)," lit. pp. of debaucher (see debauch).

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"Debauchee, n. One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake it." [Ambrose Bierce, "Devil's Dictionary," 1911]

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