debauchery
pronunciation
How to pronounce debauchery in British English:
UK [dɪˈbɔ:tʃəri]
How to pronounce debauchery in American English:
US [dɪˈbɔtʃəri]
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- Noun:
- a wild gathering involving excessive drinking and promiscuity
Word Origin
- debauchery (n.)
- 1640s, from debauch + -ery. With a variety of spellings in 17c., such as debaush-, deboich-, debosh-.
Example
- 1. University offers more than the chance to indulge in a few years of debauchery .
- 2. On peace of mind go out every night scene of debauchery , song music .
- 3. He lived a life of debauchery with the former group and used the latter as hired thugs in all his crimes ......
- 4. It 's a den of debauchery violence and sin .
- 5. Still , a spunky remnant of those lost days of brainiac debauchery did slip into the present-day vocabulary .