different between depraved vs dissolute

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??p?e?vd/

Verb

depraved

1. simple past tense and past participle of deprave

Adjective

depraved (comparative more depraved, superlative most depraved)

1. Perverted or extremely wrong in a moral sense.
2. (archaic) Distorted out of the normal course; abnormal.
   • 1916, Veterinary Medicine (volume 11, page 759)

     There was a constant dripping of urine from the penis, a depraved appetite and meninguria. On examination, two calculi were easily felt, and I advised the owner that an operation was all that would save his animal […]

Derived terms

• depraved-heart murder
• depravedly
• depravedness

Related terms

• deprave
• depravity

Translations

Anagrams

• pervaded

English

Etymology

From Middle English dissolute, from Latin dissolutus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s?lju?t/

Adjective

dissolute (comparative more dissolute, superlative most dissolute)

1. Unrestrained by morality.
2. Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.

Synonyms

• debauched, dissipated, hedonic, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, profligate, wanton

Derived terms

• dissolutely
• dissoluteness

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• outslides, slideouts, solitudes

Italian

Adjective

dissolute

1. feminine plural of dissoluto

Noun

dissolute f

1. plural of dissoluta

Latin

Participle

dissol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of dissol?tus

References

• dissolute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dissolute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dissolute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette