dissolute

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

• debauched, dissipated, hedonic, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, profligate, wanton

Derived terms

• dissolutely
• dissoluteness

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *lewh₃-‎ (0 c, 36 e)

Translations

dissolute

Armenian: ցոփ (hy) (cʿopʿ), շվայտ (hy) (švayt), զեղխ (hy) (zełx) Azerbaijani: pozğun (az), əxlaqsız, azğın (az) Bulgarian: разпуснат (bg) (razpusnat), развратен (bg) (razvraten) Chinese: Mandarin: 淫蕩／淫荡 (zh) (yíndàng) Dutch: losbandig (nl) Estonian: kõlvatu Galician: perdido, disoluto Greek: ακόλαστος (el) (akólastos) Ancient: ἄσωτος (ásōtos) Hungarian: kicsapongó (hu) Irish: scaoilteach Japanese: 嫌らしい (ja) (iyarashii), エッチ (ja) (etchi) Portuguese: dissoluto (pt) Russian: распу́щенный (ru) (raspúščennyj), распу́тный (ru) (raspútnyj), развра́тный (ru) (razvrátnyj), (lustful) похо́тливый (ru) (poxótlivyj) Spanish: disoluto (es), perdulario Swedish: utsvävande (sv), tygellös (sv), liderlig (sv), lastbar

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

• outslides, slideouts, solitudes

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Italian

Adjective

dissolute

1. feminine plural of dissoluto

Noun

dissolute f

1. plural of dissoluta

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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