debauchee
pronunciation
How to pronounce debauchee in British English:
UK [ˌdebɔ:'tʃi:]
How to pronounce debauchee in American English:
US [ˌdebɔ'tʃi]
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- Noun:
- a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
Word Origin
- debauchee (n.)
- 1660s, from French débauché "debauched (person)," noun use of past participle of debaucher (see debauch). Debauchee, n. One who has so earnestly pursued pleasure that he has had the misfortune to overtake it. [Ambrose Bierce, "Devil's Dictionary," 1911]
Example
- 1. His other son vasily , svetlana 's full brother , was overpromoted to air force general but was a weak , alcoholic , swaggering debauchee whom an embarrassed stalin repeatedly humiliated and demoted .