the debauchees that are legendarily found at any fraternity party
the biography of a debauchee who underwent a late-life religious conversion and became a monk
Recent Examples on the WebThere's no entrance at all on the Elston side of the building, where its address is registered—just a metal wall with an assortment of small multicolored plastic letters with magnetic backs that invites passing debauchees to make word salad.—Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 14 Mar. 2018
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Word History
Etymology
borrowed from French débauché, noun derivative from past participle of débaucher "to divert or distract (a person) from work, obligations, etc., tempt into excess or immorality" — more at debauch entry 1
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