dévergondé — meaning in English

English meaning

• abandoned adj Left behind and no longer cared for, used, or lived in.
• wanton adj Deliberately careless or cruel, showing no regard for consequences or morality.

Senses

dévergondé is used for these senses in English:

• abandoned Having given oneself up to vice; immoral; extremely wicked, or sinning without restraint; irreclaimably wicked. [First attested from 1350 to 1470]
• wanton Lewd, immoral; sexually open, unchaste.

abandoned — full definition

1. adj Left behind and no longer cared for, used, or lived in.
2. adj Completely free of restraint or inhibition.

wanton — full definition

1. adj Deliberately careless or cruel, showing no regard for consequences or morality.
2. adj (dated) Sexually unrestrained or promiscuous.

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