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dissolute en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdɪsəljuːt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English dissolute, from Latin dissolutus.

Meanings

  1. Unrestrained by morality.
  2. 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). 2023 October 4, Jesse Green, “Review: ‘White Girl in Danger’ Flips the Script on Soap Operas”, in The New York Times:

Forms

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more dissolute Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most dissolute Degree=Sup lexicographic

Deriveds

dissolutely · undissolute · dissoluteness

Synonyms

dissipated · lascivious · profligate · debauched · libidinous · wanton · lewd · hedonic

Translations (47)

es disoluto (dissolute) · ja エッチ (dissolute) · sv lastbar (dissolute) · ja 嫌らしい (dissolute) · mi karihika (dissolute) · el ακόλαστος (dissolute) · et kõlvatu (dissolute) · ru похо́тливый (dissolute) · nb liderlig (dissolute) · hy զեղխ (dissolute) · az pozğun (dissolute) · it dissoluto (dissolute) · sv liderlig (dissolute) · hu kicsapongó (dissolute) · es perdulario (dissolute) · mk ра́звратен (dissolute) · cmn 放蕩 /放荡 (dissolute) · mk блу́ден (dissolute) · nb tøylesløs (dissolute) · mk ра́спуштен (dissolute) · fi irstaileva (dissolute) · bg развратен (dissolute) · pt dissoluto (dissolute) · fi irstas (dissolute) · gl disoluto (dissolute) · az əxlaqsız (dissolute) · hy շվայտ (dissolute) · fr dissolu (dissolute) · az azğın (dissolute) · nb uanstendig (dissolute) · sv tygellös (dissolute) · ru развра́тный (dissolute) · hy ցոփ (dissolute) · fi rietas (dissolute) · nb lastefull (dissolute) · nl losbandig (dissolute) · ga scaoilteach (dissolute) · ru распу́щенный (dissolute) · bg разпуснат (dissolute) · nb utsvevende (dissolute) · gl perdido (dissolute) · nb usedelig (dissolute) · nb fordervet (dissolute) · grc ἄσωτος (dissolute) · pl rozwiązły (dissolute) · sv utsvävande (dissolute) · ru распу́тный (dissolute)

dissolute en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /ˈdɪsəljuːt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English dissolute, from Latin dissolutus.

Meanings

  1. 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. 1879, The Quarterly Review, volume 148, page 263:

Forms

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dissolutes Number=Plur lexicographic

Translations (2)

es perdulario (Translations) · es disoluto (Translations)