dissolute Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite unrestrained by convention or morality
    debauched; libertine; fast; degenerate; degraded; dissipated; riotous; profligate.
    • Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society
    • deplorably dissipated and degraded
    • riotous living
    • fast women

WordNet

Dis"so*lute adjective
Etymology
L. dissolutus, p. p. of dissolvere: cf. F. dissolu. See Dissolve.
Definitions
  1. With nerves unstrung; weak. Obs. Spenser.
  2. Loosed from restraint; esp., loose in morals and conduct; recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures; profligate; wanton; lewd; debauched. "A wild and dissolute soldier." Motley. Syn. -- Uncurbed; unbridled; disorderly; unrestrained; reckless; wild; wanton; vicious; lax; licentious; lewd; akish; debauched; profligate.

Webster 1913