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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Latin
Origin: dissolutus, past participle of dissolvere; DISSOLVE

dissolute

 adjective
     
Related topics: Drink
dis‧so‧lute
DFD having an immoral way of life, for example drinking too much alcohol or having sex with many people
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