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dissolute(2)(dictionary)
dissolute(dictionary)

dissolute(2) (iou)



dissolute adjective & noun. LME.
[Latin dissolutus loose, disconnected, pa. pple of dissolvere DISSOLVE verb.]
A. adjective.
Having the connection dissolved; disconnected, disunited. LME-M17.
Relaxed, enfeebled; lacking firmness of texture or of temperament. LME-E19.
Having one's energies or attention relaxed; careless, negligent. LME-M18.
a. Unrestrained in behaviour; unruly, unbridled; lavish, wasteful. LME-E18.
b. Undisciplined in style. Now rare. M16.
Lax in sexual matters, loose-living; abandoned, profligate. LME.
J. Butler Untimely deaths occasioned by a dissolute course of life. L. Hudson A grossly dissolute and unprincipled young man.
b. noun. A dissolute person. rare. E17.
dissolutely adverb LME.
dissoluteness noun M16.