dissolute

Etymology

From Middle English dissolute, from Latin dissolutus.

adj

  1. Unrestrained by morality.
  2. Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.

noun

  1. An immoral person devoted to sensual pleasures.
    [H]e illustrated the hypocrisy of his party; and was often known to exercise his talent of drinking a company of dissolutes under the table. 1879, The Quarterly Review, volume 148, page 263

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