dissoluto
dissolute, debauched
adjective dee-zoh-LOO-toh Rare
Origin: From Latin dissolutus, past participle of dissolvere ('to dissolve, to loosen').
Usage Note
Dissoluto describes a person living without moral restraint, given to excess and vice. It is famously echoed in the full title of Mozart's Don Giovanni (Il dissoluto punito). The feminine is dissoluta, plurals dissoluti/dissolute. It carries a formal or literary register; in everyday speech depravato or libertino are more common.
Examples
"Conduceva una vita dissoluta e senza regole."
Natural Translation
He led a dissolute and undisciplined life.

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