debauchee

[ deb-aw-chee, -shee ]

noun

1. a person addicted to excessive indulgence in sensual pleasures; one given to debauchery.

debauchee

/ ˌdɛbɔːˈtʃiː; -ɔːˈʃiː /

noun

1. a man who leads a life of reckless drinking, promiscuity, and self-indulgence

Word History and Origins

Origin of debauchee¹

First recorded in 1655–65, debauchee is from the French word débauché (past participle of débaucher ). See debauch, -ee

Example Sentences

He was like an all-night debauchee who scrubs up well in a suit the next morning only to abandon all restraint again the next night.

From Washington Post

In the book’s most-arresting image, an old goat looks truly goatish, half Pan, half jaded debauchee, as he casts a rakishly appraising glance at the reader.

From Washington Post

She is the poet of nature – “Inebriate of air am I / And debauchee of dew … ” The poet of loneliness – “The soul selects her own society / Then shuts the door … ” The poet of adventure – “Exultation is the going / Of an inland soul to sea … ” The poet of passion – “Wild nights! Wild nights! / Were I with thee / Wild nights should be / Our luxury!”

From The Guardian

Here was a writer who unabashedly proclaimed her rapture for the mere “bumble of a bee” and scent of a new blossom, who described herself as a “debauchee” routinely getting drunk off nature—a poet who filled her verse with the Latin names of flowers and the habits of tiny, oft-overlooked creatures.

From Slate

I remember the portrait of him up in Gatsby's bedroom, a grey, florid man with a hard empty face--the pioneer debauchee who during one phase of American life brought back to the eastern seaboard the savage violence of the frontier brothel and saloon.

From Literature

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