dissipated : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dissipated	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for dissipated
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dissipated adj unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" Synonym(s): debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast preoccupied with the pursuit of pleasure and especially games of chance; "led a dissipated life"; "a betting man"; "a card- playing son of a bitch"; "a gambling fool"; "sporting gents and their ladies" Synonym(s): dissipated, betting, card- playing, sporting
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissipate \Dis"sipate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dissipated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dissipating}.] [L. dissipatus, p. p. of dissipare; dis- + an obsolete verb sipare, supare. to throw.] 1. To scatter completely; to disperse and cause to disappear; -- used esp. of the dispersion of things that can never again be collected or restored. Dissipated* those foggy mists of error. --Selden. I soon dissipated his fears. --Cook. The extreme tendency of civilization is to dissipate all intellectual energy. --Hazlitt. 2. To destroy by wasteful extravagance or lavish use; to squander. The vast wealth . . . was in three years dissipated. --Bp. Burnet. Syn: To disperse; scatter; dispel; spend; squander; waste; consume; lavish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissipated \Dis"sipa`ted\, a. 1. Squandered; scattered. [bd]Dissipated* wealth.[b8] --Johnson. 2. Wasteful of health, money, etc., in the pursuit of pleasure; dissolute; intemperate. A life irregular and dissipated. --Johnson.