Debauchery
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| - | ==Noun== | + | As a noun, '''debauchery''' means [[indulgence]] in [[sensual]] [[pleasure]]s; [[scandal]]ous activities involving [[sex]], [[alcohol]], or [[drugs]] [[uninhibited|without inhibition]]. The adjective '''debauched''' connotes [[corrupted]]; [[immoral]] and [[self-indulgent]]. |
| - | # [[indulgence|Indulgence]] in sensual pleasures; scandalous activities involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition. | + | ==See also== |
| + | '''Debauchery''' may refer to: | ||
| - | ==Adjective== | + | *[[Corruption]] |
| - | '''debauched''' | + | *[[Libertinism]] |
| - | + | *[[Lust]] | |
| - | # [[corrupted]]; [[immoral]]; [[self-indulgent]] | + | * [[Debasement|Currency debasement]] |
| + | ==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 == | |
| - | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | *''[[Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery]]'' by Wilmot |
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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.
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Debauchery may refer to:
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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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- Sodom, or the Quintessence of Debauchery by Wilmot
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