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dissolute

Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dissolute \Dis"so*lute\, a. [L. dissolutus, p. p. of dissolvere:
   cf. F. dissolu. See {Dissolve}.]
   1. With nerves unstrung; weak. [Obs.] --Spenser.

   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.

Source : WordNet®

dissolute
     adj : unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a
           debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated
           and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" [syn: {debauched},
            {degenerate}, {degraded}, {dissipated}, {libertine}, {profligate},
            {riotous}, {fast}]
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