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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024de•bauch /dɪˈbɔtʃ/USA pronunciation v. [ ~ + obj]- to cause (someone) to become corrupt in virtue, esp. with regard to drinking or sexual behavior.
de•bauched, adj. de•bauch•er•y, n. [noncount;
count], pl. er•ies. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024de•bauch (di bôch′),USA pronunciation v.t. - to corrupt by sensuality, intemperance, etc.;
seduce. - to corrupt or pervert;
sully:His honesty was debauched by the prospect of easy money. - [Archaic.]to lead away, as from allegiance or duty.
v.i. - to indulge in debauchery.
n. - a period of wanton or sensual self-indulgence.
- an uninhibited spree or party;
orgy:a wild debauch.
- Gmc; see balcony, balk; compare French ébaucher to rough-hew); hence, presumably, to hew (beams) to split, separate to separate from work or duty
- French débaucher to entice away from duty, debauch, Old French desbauchier to disperse, scatter, equivalent. to des- dis-1 + -bauchier, derivative of bauc, bauch beam (
- 1585–95
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See debase.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: debauch /dɪˈbɔːtʃ/ vb - (when tr, usually passive) to lead into a life of depraved self-indulgence
- (transitive) to seduce (a woman)
n - an instance or period of extreme dissipation
Etymology: 16th Century: from Old French desbaucher to corrupt, literally: to shape (timber) roughly, from bauch beam, of Germanic origindeˈbaucher n deˈbauchery, deˈbauchment n |