Definition of Dissolute. Meaning of Dissolute. Synonyms of Dissolute

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Definition of Dissolute

Dissolute
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.

Meaning of Dissolute from wikipedia

- In law, dissolution is any of several legal events that terminate a legal entity or agreement such as a marriage, adoption, corporation, or union. Dissolution...
- 浪人, IPA: [ɾoːɲiɴ], 'drifter' or 'wandering man', lit. 'unrestrained or dissolute person') was a samurai who had no lord or master and in some cases, had...
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- buraiha, the school of irresponsibility and decadence) were a group of dissolute writers who expressed the aimlessness and identity crisis of post-World...
- The dissolute Syrian army spent more time in Antioch's open-air taverns than with their units (engraving by William Miller after a drawing by H. Warren...
- Barnabò Visconti). Mastino's son Cangrande II (1351–1359) was a cruel, dissolute, and su****ious tyrant; not trusting his own subjects, he surrounded himself...
- Kershaw (2000), p. 766 Willett, Ralph (May 1989). "Hot Swing and the Dissolute Life: Youth, Style and Po****r Music in Europe 1939–49". Po****r Music...
- minority of her son Michael III, who was said to have been introduced to dissolute habits by her brother Bardas. When Michael ****umed power in 856, he became...
- William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair of 1847–1848 as a drink taken by dissolute young men. For example, Lady Jane Southdown pays her brother "a furtive...