Lacking moral restraint; indulgent in sensual pleasures and vices. It describes someone who lives without regard for moral standards, often engaging in excessive drinking, promiscuity, or other excesses.
From Latin 'dissolutus,' past participle of 'dissolvere' meaning 'to loosen, dissolve' (dis- 'apart' + solvere 'to loosen'). The metaphor suggests moral bonds have been dissolved or loosened.
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