dissolute
Use Dissolute in a sentence
əˌlut adjective
indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.
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dissolute (ˈdɪsəˌluːt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| given to dissipation; debauched | |
| [C14: from Latin dissolūtus loose, from dissolvere to | |
| 'dissolutely | |
| —adv | |
| 'dissoluteness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
dissolute
late 14c., from L. dissolutus, pp. of dissolvere "loosen up" (see dissolve). Intermediate sense of "lax" led to modern meaning of "unrestrained in morals" (1510s).
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Example sentences
They show lankily seductive, somewhat dissolute-looking urban adolescents.
Today, he is a born-again family man who testifies for church groups on his formerly dissolute days.
Some were for the swamp, some for a dissolute motel scene.
These excesses made the commission an easy political target, giving rise to myths of its wanton, almost dissolute ways.
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