Debauchery
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Illustration: Portrait fantaisiste du marquis de Sade (1866) by H. Biberstein
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As a noun, debauchery means indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition. The adjective debauched connotes corrupted; immoral and self-indulgent.
Etymology
1590s, from Middle French desbaucher (“entice from work or duty”), from Old French desbaucher (“to lead astray”), from des- + bauch (“beam”), from Frankish *balko, from Proto-Germanic *balkô, from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg- (“beam, plank”); latter origin of balk.
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Namesakes
- Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery by Wilmot
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