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Meaning of "dissolute" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISSOLUTE

From Latin dissolūtus loose, from dissolvere to dissolve.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DISSOLUTE

dissolute  [ˈdɪsəˌluːt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISSOLUTE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dissolute is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DISSOLUTE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of dissolute in the English dictionary

The definition of dissolute in the dictionary is given to dissipation; debauched.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DISSOLUTE


absolute
ˈæbsəˌluːt
consolute
ˈkɒnsəˌluːt
convolute
ˈkɒnvəˌluːt
dilute
daɪˈluːt
elute
iːˈluːt
evolute
ˈɛvəˌluːt
flute
fluːt
glute
ɡluːt
Hakluyt
ˈhækluːt
involute
ˈɪnvəˌluːt
irresolute
ɪˈrɛzəˌluːt
loot
luːt
lute
luːt
obvolute
ˈɒbvəˌluːt
pollute
pəˈluːt
resolute
ˈrɛzəˌluːt
revolute
ˈrɛvəˌluːt
salute
səˈluːt
sloot
sluːt
sluit
sluːt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DISSOLUTE

dissociate
dissociation
dissociative
dissociative disorder
dissolubility
dissoluble
dissolubleness
dissolutely
dissoluteness
dissolution
dissolutionism
dissolutionist
dissolutive
dissolvability
dissolvable
dissolvableness
dissolve
dissolvent
dissolver
dissolvings

WORDS THAT END LIKE DISSOLUTE

ablative absolute
archlute
Australian salute
ballute
Barcoo salute
bass flute
champagne flute
decree absolute
English flute
fipple flute
nose flute
resalute
solute
supervolute
transverse flute
volute
waldflute

Synonyms and antonyms of dissolute in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DISSOLUTE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «dissolute» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of dissolute

Translation of «dissolute» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DISSOLUTE

Find out the translation of dissolute to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of dissolute from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dissolute» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

放荡
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

disoluta
570 millions of speakers

English

dissolute
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

लम्पट
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الماجنة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

развратная
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dissoluta
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

চরিত্রহীন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dissolu
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Haram
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

ausschweifend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

自堕落な
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

방종
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dissolute
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

vô hạnh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஒழுக்ககேடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

असभ्य
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

ahlaksız
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dissoluto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

rozwiązły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

розпусна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

destrăbălat
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

άσωτος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

losbandige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

utsvävande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

utsvevende
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dissolute

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DISSOLUTE»

The term «dissolute» is regularly used and occupies the 78.696 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DISSOLUTE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «dissolute» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «dissolute» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dissolute

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2 QUOTES WITH «DISSOLUTE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dissolute.
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John Hurt
I was completely crazy and mad when I was young. I was absolutely in love with the dissolute.
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Giambattista Vico
The nature of peoples is first crude, then severe, then benign, then delicate, finally dissolute.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISSOLUTE»

Discover the use of dissolute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dissolute and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Dissolute Duke
The rumor is up and the banns are read: The Dissolute Duke has finally wed!
Sophia James, 2013
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The Scandalous, Dissolute, No-Good Mr. Wright: (Originally ...
Originally appeared in the e-book anthology Three Weddings and a Murder.
Tessa Dare, 2012
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Hoe Schilder Hoe Wilder: Dissolute Self-portraits in ...
Dissolute self-portraits stand apart from what was expected of a conventional self-portrait, yet they were nonetheless appreciated and valued in Dutch culture and in the art market.
Ingrid A. Cartwright, 2007
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Divine Debauch: Chronicles of a Dissolute Youth in the ...
Debauching in disreputable sailor dives along the waterfront in New Orleans' French Quarter, Tommy Youngblood, a gay college boy, enjoys his own "La Dolce Vita" and dances through an epic series of love affairs and amorous adventures.
Richard Balthazar, 2003
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Shifting Priorities: Gender and Genre in Seventeenth-century ...
The seemingly random chaos and keenly observed realistic details of Jan Steen's Dissolute Household paintings have led more than one writer to see them as true reflections of his disorderly home and life, an idea abetted, no doubt, by his ...
Nanette Salomon, 2004
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James, Herries And McCabe Taster Collection 201304/The ...
The Dissolute Duke by Sophia James With a name synonymous with sin and debauchery, no one is more surprised than Taylen Ellesmere, Duke of Alderworth, when he finds himself forced to marry!
Sophia James, Anne Herries, Amanda McCabe, 2013
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The Argument and the Action of Plato's Laws
The four lives are the moderate, the sensible, the courageous, and the healthy; the opposites are the senseless, the cowardly, the dissolute, and the diseased; he then treats the first three as interchangeable, and he repeats this in the sequel .
Leo Strauss, 1975
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Future Crossings: Literature Between Philosophy and Cultural ...
Marilyn Manners Near the beginning of Kathy Acker's 1993 novel My Mother: Demonol- ogy, an unidentified narrator says: "Most of my life, but not all, I've been dissolute. According to nineteenth-century cliche, dissoluteness and debauchery  ...
Krzysztof Ziarek, Seamus Deane, 2000
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Gender and Sexuality in Twentieth-Century Chinese Literature ...
THE DISSOLUTE WOMAN AND THE FEMALE SAINT In a recent interview with the press in Hong Kong, the Taiwanese feminist Xii Xiaodan, well known for her nudity in political campaigns, described her ambition in the following way: "I will ...
Tonglin Lu, 1993
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English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order
Latin laxus, Greek ouvoo-ow, and Hebrew chalatz, to make free. VAGUE, in Latin vagus, signifies wandering. , LAX, in Latin laxus, has a similar origin with loose. DISSOLUTE, in Latin dissolutus, participle of dissolve, signifies dissolved or set ...
George Crabb, 1826

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISSOLUTE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dissolute is used in the context of the following news items.
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An unsparing portrait of Alma Mahler as wife, mistress and muse
Composer Richard Strauss saw in her "the inferiority complexes of a dissolute female." A Viennese acquaintance, Gina Kaus, dissed her as ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
2
Falstaff @ Royal Opera House, London
... Steinberg is lavish, bringing to life Carsen's concept of a 1950s candy-land of homely middle class values in contrast to dissolute aristo ones. «musicOMH.com, Jul 15»
3
Björk, Manchester International Festival, review: 'very beautiful indeed'
One of the defining features of Vulnicura, aside from Björk's often pained and dissolute lyrics (the result of a split with artist Matthew Barney), ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
4
Gregory Daurer's Novel Celebrates the Glory and Squalor of Capitol …
... from the gold dome of the Statehouse to some thinly disguised local bars and restaurants to alleys favored by the dissolute and the homeless ... «Westword, Jul 15»
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Galway's Druid returns to NYC with Shakespeare plays
Henry V's story could be described on the surface as a coming-of-age one where a formerly dissolute man is tasked with growing up at last. «IrishCentral, Jul 15»
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British spy Greville Wynne bar that made spying history was paid for …
But while the KGB and MI6 were short-changed over the bar, the conversations that flowed there between the dissolute Wynne and Penkovsky ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
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China's Anti-Corruption Fallout: Sex Business Morphs, Disease …
Maintaining and extending social networks in this context often meant taking part in the dissolute practices of “chi he piao du” (eating, drinking, ... «Forbes, Jul 15»
8
Rocker Andrew Matheson fought Freddie Mercury, hung with Cliff …
... through a hedge backwards. “And the dissolute performances on stage through his American tours, the hitting it off with everyone's wife.” ... «WalesOnline, Jul 15»
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Ben Affleck on being cast as Batman: 'My first reaction was, 'Are you …
He says that the film plays up Batman's age, as well as the dissolute cad side of Bruce Wayne. “He really keeps up the image of the playboy, ... «Entertainment Weekly, Jul 15»
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Thai monarchy on verge of dramatic change
Vajiralongkorn spent much of his time in Munich, living a life some consider dissolute, for example taking nude photos of his wives and marking ... «The Japan Times, Jul 15»

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