dissolute : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dissolute	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dissolute
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dissolute 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
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dissolute \Dis"solute\, 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. [bd]A wild and dissolute* soldier.[b8] --Motley. Syn: Uncurbed; unbridled; disorderly; unrestrained; reckless; wild; wanton; vicious; lax; licentious; lewd; rakish; debauched; profligate.