dissolute

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Dissolute men pine for wives who have ditched them, and dissolute women carp at no-good boyfriends.

From New York Times • May 30, 2017

In another sottie where l'ancien monde is introduced, the "Dissolute Fool" is dressed as a churchman, the "Boasting Fool" as a gendarme, and the "Lying Fool" as a merchant.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

Sooner than that, he would settle it on his cousin Richard, a gentleman he abhorred, and never called, either to his face or behind his back, by any other name than "Dissolute Dick."

From Put Yourself in His Place by Reade, Charles

Dissolute and dandified generals drawing their pay and never visiting their troops, lieutenants reveling in vice, instead of drilling and caring for their commands.

From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Hayes, Carlton J. H.

He sent for his attorney, made a new will, and bequeathed his land, houses, goods, and chattels, to Dissolute Dick and his heirs forever.

From Put Yourself in His Place by Reade, Charles