Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
DEBAUCHED
debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, libertine, profligate, riotous, fast
(adjective) unrestrained by convention or morality; “Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society”; “deplorably dissipated and degraded”; “riotous living”; “fast women”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
debauched (comparative more debauched, superlative most debauched)
Indulging in or characterised by sensual pleasures to a degree perceived to be morally harmful; corrupted; immoral; self-indulgent.
Synonyms
• degenerate
• degraded
• dissipated
• dissolute
• fast
• libertine
• licentious
• profligate
• riotous
Verb
debauched
simple past tense and past participle of debauch
Source: Wiktionary
De*bauched", a.
Definition: Dissolute; dissipated. "A coarse and debauched look." Ld. Lytton.
DEBAUCH
De*bauch", v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debauched; p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching.] Etym: [F. débaucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. dé- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. balkr. See Balk, n.]
Definition: To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army. Learning not debauched by ambition. Burke. A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. South. Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. Cowley.
De*bauch", n. Etym: [Cf. F. débauche.]
1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery. The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden.
2. An act or occasion of debauchery. Silenus, from his night's debauch, Fatigued and sick. Cowley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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