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dissolute

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

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dissolve

English

Etymology

Recorded since c. 1374, from Latin dissolvere (to loosen up, break apart), itself from dis- (apart) + solvere (to loose, loosen).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /d??z?lv/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /d??z?lv/
  • Hyphenation: dis?solve

Verb

dissolve (third-person singular simple present dissolves, present participle dissolving, simple past and past participle dissolved)

  1. (transitive) To terminate a union of multiple members actively, as by disbanding.
    Antonyms: establish, found
  2. (transitive) To destroy, make disappear.
  3. (transitive) To liquify, melt into a fluid.
    Synonyms: melt, formelt
  4. (intransitive) To be melted, changed into a fluid.
  5. (chemistry, transitive) To disintegrate chemically into a solution by immersion into a liquid or gas.
  6. (chemistry, intransitive) To be disintegrated by such immersion.
  7. (transitive) To disperse, drive apart a group of persons.
  8. (transitive) To break the continuity of; to disconnect; to loosen; to undo; to separate.
    • Down fell the duke, his joints dissolved asunder.
    • 1776, The Declaration of Independence
      For one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another.
  9. (law, transitive) To annul; to rescind; to discharge or release.
  10. (cinematography, intransitive) To shift from one shot to another by having the former fade out as the latter fades in.
    Synonym: fade out
  11. (intransitive) To resolve itself as by dissolution.
  12. (obsolete) To solve; to clear up; to resolve.
    • ?, Alfred Tennyson, A Dream of Fair Women
      dissolved the mystery
    • Make interpretations and dissolve doubts.
  13. To relax by pleasure; to make powerless.
    • 1677, John Dryden, The State of Innocence, Preface
      [Angels] dissolv'd in hallelujahs lie.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

  • melt

Noun

dissolve (plural dissolves)

  1. (cinematography) a form of film punctuation in which there is a gradual transition from one scene to the next
    Synonym: fade out

Translations


Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -?lve

Verb

dissolve

  1. third-person singular present indicative of dissolvere

Anagrams

  • disvolse

Latin

Verb

dissolve

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of dissolv?

Portuguese

Verb

dissolve

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of dissolver
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of dissolver

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