First Known Use: 14th century
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dissolute
adjective dis·so·lute \ˈdi-sə-ˌlüt, -lət\
—used to describe someone (such as a person who often gets drunk) whose way of living is considered morally wrong
Full Definition of DISSOLUTE
: lacking restraint; especially : marked by indulgence in things (as drink or promiscuous sex) deemed vices <the dissolute and degrading aspects of human nature — Wallace Fowlie>
— dis·so·lute·ly adverb
— dis·so·lute·ness noun
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Origin of DISSOLUTE
Middle English, from Latin dissolutus, from past participle of dissolvere to loosen, dissolve
Related to DISSOLUTE
- Synonyms
- debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, degraded, demoralized, depraved, dissipated, corrupt, jackleg, libertine, loose, perverse, perverted, rakehell (or rakehelly), rakish, reprobate, sick, unclean, unwholesome, warped
- Antonyms
- pure, uncorrupt, uncorrupted
Rhymes with DISSOLUTE
absolute, Aleut, arrowroot, Asyût, attribute, autoroute, bandicoot, bathing suit, birthday suit, bitterroot, bodysuit, boilersuit, bumbershoot, business suit, comminute, constitute, contribute, convolute, destitute, disrepute, execute, follow suit, gingerroot, hot pursuit, institute, involute, kiwifruit, leisure suit, malamute, overshoot, parachute, passion fruit, persecute, point-and-shoot, prosecute, prostitute, qiviut, resolute, restitute, revolute, run-and-shoot, rural route, subacute, substitute, troubleshoot, undershoot
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