† deboistadj.n.
Obsolete.
1. = debauched adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adjective]
sickc960
foulOE
unwholec1000
thewlessa1327
corrupt1340
viciousc1340
unwholesomec1374
infecta1387
rustyc1390
unsound?a1400
rottenc1400
rotten-heartedc1405
cankereda1450
infectedc1449
wasted1483
depravate?1520
poisoned1529
deformed1555
poisonous1555
reprobate1557
corrupted1563
prave1564
base-minded1573
tainted1577
Gomorrhean1581
vice-like1589
depraved1593
debauched1598
deboshedc1598
tarish1601
sunk1602
speckled1603
deboist1604
diseased1608
ulcerous1611
vitial1614
debauchc1616
deboise1632
pravous1653
depravea1711
unhealthy1821
scrofulous1842
septic1914
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adjective] > corrupted or corrupt
foul-stinkingOE
unwholesomec1374
corruptc1380
rotten1395
infecta1398
unsound?a1400
rotten-heartedc1405
infectedc1449
fly-blown1528
reprobate1531
corrupped1533
corrupted1563
poisoned1567
abusive?1585
debauched1598
deboshedc1598
deboist1604
debauchc1616
deboise1632
scrofulous1842
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adjective] > debauched
debauched1598
deboshedc1598
deboist1604
debauchc1616
deboise1632
debauchee1768
1604 [see deboistly adv. at Derivatives].
1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate Pref. 9 A generall deboist and base kinde of habite.
1622 F. Markham Five Decades Epist. of Warre i. viii. 31 Froathy, base and deboysed Creatures.
1629 L. Owen Speculum Iesuiticum (new ed.) 63 A very wicked, deboysht, and prophane man.
1639 R. Younge Sinne Stigmatizd 359 (T.) Our debauched drunkards, and deboyshed swearers.
a1657 W. Bradford Hist. Plymouth Plantation in Coll. Mass. Hist. Soc. (1856) 4th Ser. III. 240 This wicked and deboste crue.
1694 J. Crowne Married Beau iii. 27 Stand off, you base, unworthy, false, deboist Man.
1722 W. Sewel Hist. Quakers (1795) iii. 217 Knowing him to be a deboist fellow.
2. Damaged. (Cf. debauch v. 4.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > [adjective] > harmed or affected detrimentally
annoyedc1330
infectc1384
palledc1390
harmedc1440
hinderedc1440
weakened1548
maimed1570
interessed1598
crazy1601
impaired1611
wronged1632
appaired1637
deboist1641
sunken1642
vitiated1660
crippled1674
wounded1692
etiolated1847
injured1857
murdered1876
dicked-up1967
1641 T. Heywood Reader, here you'l plainly See 6 The price of French and Spanish winds [sic] are raisd, How ever in their worth deboyst and craisd.
3. Used as a n. = debauchee n.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > debauchery > one who is debauched
rioterc1440
router1531
deboist1657
debaucheea1661
debauch1665
1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 21 For one woman that dyed, there were tenne men; and the men were the greater deboystes.
Derivatives
deˈboistly adv.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [adverb]
evilc1000
viciouslya1325
corruptly1537
evilly1581
pravely1598
deboistly1604
corruptedly1610
deformedly1610
impurely1612
depravedly1643
debauchedlya1656
diseasedly1672
demoralizingly1821
society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > [adverb] > corruptly
corruptly1537
deboistly1604
corruptedly1610
debauchedlya1656
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adverb] > debauchedly
deboistly1604
debauchedlya1656
1604 T. Wright Passions of Minde (new ed.) ii. iii. §3. 74 A multitude of Passions..breake out debostly.
deˈboistness n.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > corruption > [noun]
rusteOE
vice1297
corrumpciona1340
infectiona1398
corruptiona1400
foulinga1400
viciousness1440
inquination1447
turpitude1490
intoxicationa1513
pravitya1513
bracery1540
insincerity1548
corruptness1561
sophistication1564
faultiness1571
depravation1577
base-mindedness1582
mangling1585
reprobacy1591
uninnocence1593
vitiosity1603
turkessing1612
reprobancea1616
debauchedness1618
tortuosity1621
depravedness1623
deboistness1628
debauchness1640
depravity1646
corruptedness1648
moral turpitude1660
unprincipledness1792
demoralization1797
erosion1804
miscreancy1804
trituration1832
unwholesomeness1881
ne'er-do-wellism1891
the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > debauchery > state of being debauched
debauchedness1618
deboistness1628
debauchness1640
1628 W. Prynne Vnlouelinesse of Louelockes 34 Licentiousnesse, Deboistnesse, and the like.
1647 R. Stapleton tr. Juvenal Sixteen Satyrs 148 Nero's cruelty and deboich'tnesse.
1671 Westm.-drollery 78 Tell me no more that long hair can Argue deboistness in a man.
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