dissolute

[dis-uh-loot]

adjective

1. indifferent to moral restraints; given to immoral or improper conduct; licentious; dissipated.

   Synonyms: abandoned, wanton, debauched, loose, corrupt

dissolute

/ ˈdɪsəˌluːt /

adjective

1. given to dissipation; debauched

Other Word Forms

• dissolutely adverb
• dissoluteness noun
• undissolute adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissolute¹

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English (from Anglo-French ), from Latin dissolūtus (past participle of dissolvere “to dissolve”); dis- ¹, solute

Word History and Origins

Origin of dissolute¹

C14: from Latin dissolūtus loose, from dissolvere to _dissolve

Example Sentences

Minutes later, these new friends cross the threshold into George and Martha’s dissolute tempest.

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But the show gets some mileage out of it, including a guest spot by James Van Der Beek, Dawson himself, as a dissolute older member.

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For the Four Seasons, “The White Lotus” has been an undeniably powerful marketing tool — despite the death and dissolute behavior that goes on at the resorts in the series.

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“People wanted to move up to guitar. I don’t know why. I guess Johnny Thunders was cooler,” he adds of the famously dissolute New York Dolls member.

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De Bascher was the opposite, a dandy who enjoyed dissolute idleness with an elegant insouciance.

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