debauchery

English

Etymology

From debauch +‎ -ery. First use appears c. 1642.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈbɔː.t͡ʃə.ɹi/
• (US) IPA^(key): /dɪˈbɔ.t͡ʃə.ɹi/, /dɪˈbɑ.t͡ʃə.ɹi/
• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /dɪˈboː.t͡ʃə.ɹi/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

debauchery (countable and uncountable, plural debaucheries)

1. An excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; scandalous and immoral activities; involving sex, alcohol, or drugs without inhibition.

   life of debauchery

   drunken debauchery

   moral debauchery

   The novel depicts the debauchery of the ruling class.

   He sank into a life of debauchery.

2. (archaic) A seduction from duty.

Related terms

• debauch
• debauched
• debauchee
• debaucher
• debaucherous

Translations

debauchery

Arabic: فُجُور (ar) m (fujūr), إِغْوَاء m (ʔiḡwāʔ), فُسُوق m (fusūq) Armenian: անառակություն (hy) (anaṙakutʻyun) Belarusian: распуста f (raspusta) Bulgarian: разврат (bg) m (razvrat) Catalan: disbauxa (ca) f, llibertinatge m Chinese: Mandarin: 淫逸 (zh) (yínyì), 邪淫 (zh) (xiéyín), 酒色 (zh) (jiǔsè), 放蕩 / 放荡 (zh) (fàngdàng) Czech: zhýralost f, hýření n, prostopášnost (cs) f, nezřízenost f Danish: udskejelse c, udsvævelse c Dutch: losbandigheid (nl), zedeloosheid (nl) Esperanto: diboĉo Farefare: yalsɩ Finnish: irstailu (fi) French: débauche (fr) f, dévergondage (fr) f, débaucherie (fr) German: Ausschweifung (de) f, Schwelgerei f, Verkommenheit (de) f, Sittenlosigkeit f, Genusssucht (de) f, Genußsucht (de) f, Zügellosigkeit (de) f Greek: ακολασία (el) f (akolasía), κραιπάλη (el) f (kraipáli) Hebrew: הוֹלֵלוּת f (holelút) Hungarian: kicsapongás (hu) Italian: depravazione (it) f, perversione (it) f, viziosità f, immoralità (it) f, licenziosità (it) f, dissolutezza (it) f Japanese: 淫乱 (ja) (いんらん, inran), 漁色 (ja) (ぎょしょく, gyoshoku), 放蕩 (ja) (ほうとう, hōtō), 淫逸 (ja) (いんいつ, in'itsu), 酒色 (ja) (しゅしょく, shushoku) Macedonian: разврат m (razvrat) Maori: tautau(w)hea Norwegian: Bokmål: skjørlevnet (no) n Persian: عیاشی (fa) ('ayyâši) Polish: rozpusta (pl) f Portuguese: libertinagem (pt) f, putaria (pt) f, safadeza (pt) f Romanian: desfrâu (ro) n, desfrânare (ro) f, depravare (ro) f Russian: развра́т (ru) m (razvrát), дебо́ш (ru) m (debóš) Serbo-Croatian: razvrat (sh) m Slovene: razuzdanost f Spanish: libertinaje (es) m, puterío (es) m Swedish: sedeslöshet (sv) Turkish: çapkınlık (tr), ahlaksızlık (tr) Ukrainian: розпуста f (rozpusta)

See also

• licentiousness

See also

• hedonism

References

• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary: Tenth Edition (1997)
• WordNet 3.0 (Princeton University); “debauchery”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.