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Webster 1913 Edition

Dissolute

Dis′so-lute

,
Adj.
[L.
dissolutus
, p. p. of
dissolvere
: cf. F.
dissolu
. See
Dissolve
.]
1.
With nerves unstrung; weak.
[Obs.]
Spenser.
Syn. – Uncurbed; unbridled; disorderly; unrestrained; reckless; wild; wanton; vicious; lax; licentious; lewd; rakish; debauched; profligate.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dissolute

DISSOLUTE

,
Adj.
[L.]
1.
Loose in behavior and morals; given to vice and dissipation; wanton; lewd; luxurious; debauched; not under the restraints of law; as a dissolute man; dissolute company.
2.
Vicious; wanton; devoted to pleasure and dissipation; as a dissolute life.

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