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Definition of dissolute adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

dissolute

adjective

/ˈdɪsəluːt/

/ˈdɪsəluːt/

(formal, disapproving)

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enjoying immoral activities and not caring about behaving in a morally acceptable wayTopics Personal qualitiesc2
Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin dissolutus ‘disconnected, loose’, from the verb dissolvere, from dis- ‘apart’ + solvere ‘loosen or solve’.

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