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Grammar : Adj
Spell : dis-uh-pey-tid
Phonetic Transcription : ˈdɪs əˌpeɪ tɪd

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Définition of dissipated

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Latin dissipatus, past participle of dissipare "to spread abroad, scatter, disperse; squander, disintegrate," from dis- "apart" (see dis-) + supare "to throw, scatter," from PIE *swep- "to throw, sling, cast" (cf. Lithuanian supu "to swing, rock," Old Church Slavonic supo "to strew"). Related: Dissipated; dissipates; dissipating.
  • adj used up
  • adj self-indulgent
Example sentences :
  • His fingers had ruffled his hair into a dissipated untidiness.
  • Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
  • He had a steady, blue eye and a dissipated, iron-gray mustache.
  • Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
  • Then the fiery vapour was dissipated, and the sunset ended by fading away.
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • Your bottle is broken, and the material it contained is dissipated.
  • Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
  • Wild, dissipated, reckless, he was dismissed from West Point.
  • Extract from : « Graded Poetry: Second Year » by Various
  • The gloom and petulance that had collected upon his countenance were dissipated in a moment.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • The capture of Charleroi, of course, dissipated it as a dream.
  • Extract from : « The Story of the Great War, Volume II (of VIII) » by Various
  • "I'm 'fraid Lorenzo's gittin' dissipated in his old age," he observed.
  • Extract from : « Cap'n Eri » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • At this date much of the evidence that may once have been available will have been dissipated.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini
  • His book had dissipated his professional energies, and he had even taken to gaming.
  • Extract from : « James Boswell » by William Keith Leask

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