dissolute
adjective
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Pronunciation: /ˈdɪsəljuːt/
adj
Etymology: From Middle English dissolute, from Latin dissolutus.
- Unrestrained by morality.
- Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.
“Allwhite is dominated, of course, by its white characters: the high-school mean girls Meagan, Maegan and Megan (abused, bulimic, druggy), their mothers (smothering, manipulative, viperish) and their boyfriends (psychotic, supportive, dissolute).”
noun
Etymology: From Middle English dissolute, from Latin dissolutus.
- An immoral person devoted to sensual pleasures.
“[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.”