Word of the Day: DISSOLUTE

Degenerate or debauched

dissolute (adj) - lacking restraint or morals; unrestrained or indulgent [dis-uh-loot]

BREAKDOWN: DIS- (apart) + SOLU- (release) + -UTE (state)

• dissolution is degenerate living or dissipation; the act or process of dissolving into parts or undoing a bond or union

See also: absolve

“Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and finally go mad and waste their substance.” —Giambattista Vico