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debauch

[ dih-bawch ]

verb (used with object)

  1. to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.; seduce.
  2. to corrupt or pervert; sully:

    His honesty was debauched by the prospect of easy money.

  3. Archaic. to lead away, as from allegiance or duty.


verb (used without object)

  1. to indulge in debauchery.

noun

  1. a period of wanton or sensual self-indulgence.
  2. an uninhibited spree or party; orgy:

    a wild debauch.

debauch

/ dɪˈbɔːtʃ; dɪˈbɔːtʃɪdlɪ /

verb

  1. when tr, usually passive to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
  2. tr to seduce (a woman)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. an instance or period of extreme dissipation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈܳ, noun
  • debauchedly, adverb
  • ˈܳԱ, noun
  • ˈܳ, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·ܳİ noun
  • ·ܳmԳ noun
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of debauch1

First recorded in 1585–95; from French éܳ “to entice away from duty, debauch,” Old French desbauchier “to disperse, scatter,” equivalent to des- dis- 1 + -bauchier, derivative of bauc, bauch beam (from Germanic; balcony, balk; compare French éܳ “to rough-hew”); hence, presumably, “to hew (beams),” becoming “to split, separate,” becoming “to separate from work or duty”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of debauch1

C16: from Old French desbaucher to corrupt, literally: to shape (timber) roughly, from bauch beam, of Germanic origin
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Over the next two minutes, we find out more about the band's debauched night out.

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Trump’s apparently already addled mind and debauched morals are in terminal decline, and his campaign isn’t doing much right.

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He plays a debauched and disheveled alcoholic, revealing an underexplored potential for dramatic acting.

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Cabaret sees the capital's Playhouse Theatre transformed into the debauched Kit Kat Club of Weimar Berlin.

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