debauch
An individual act of debaucheryAn individual act of debauchery.
» The pirates wished to debauch him because of his beauty.
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2 sensesAn individual act of debauchery.
Ausschweifung, Prasserei, Prassen
дебо́шdebóš, развра́тrazvrát, разгу́лrazgúl
An orgy.
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Examples
6 sentencesThe pirates wished to debauch him because of his beauty.
We lived a debauched life, taken by the pleasures of life.
He married a debauched woman.
I want to debauch myself.
Of course, there are no longer bawdy houses, where these unfortunates are displayed openly to debauched satyrs.
Translations
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Origin
1590s, from Middle French desbaucher (“entice from work or duty”), from Old French desbauc1590s, from Middle French desbaucher (“entice from work or duty”), from Old French desbauchier (“to lead astray”), from des- + bauch (“beam”), from Frankish *balkō, from Proto-Germanic *balkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵ- (“beam, plank”); latter origin of balk.
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Forms
plural: debauchesSynonyms
7 synonyms- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity:orgydebaucherysaturnaliariotbacchanalbacchanaliadrunken revelry