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[syn: debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dissolute \Dis"so*lute\, a. [L. dissolutus, p. p. of dissolvere:
cf. F. dissolu. See Dissolve.]
1. With nerves unstrung; weak. [Obs.] --Spenser.
[1913 Webster]
2. Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct;
recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate;
wanton; lewd; debauched. "A wild and dissolute soldier."
--Motley.
Syn: Uncurbed; unbridled; disorderly; unrestrained; reckless;
wild; wanton; vicious; lax; licentious; lewd; rakish;
debauched; profligate.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dissolute
adj 1: unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a
debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated
and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn:
debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated,
dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous,
fast]