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Definition debauch

Etymology

1590s, from Middle French desbaucher (�entice from work or duty�), from Old French desbauchier (�to lead astray�), from des- + bauch (�beam�), from Frankish *balko, from Proto-Germanic *balk�, from Proto-Indo-European *bhelg- (�beam, plank�); latter origin of balk.

Evolution of sense unclear; may be literally �to shave/trim wood to make a beam� or may be �to leave/lure someone from a workshop�, Frankish *balko perhaps also meaning �workshop�.

Possible corruption by way of Anglicised French term bord (�edge, kerb�): kerb crawling as a synonym for prostitution. Parallels in modern German: Bordsteinschwalbe (�prostitute�, literally �Kerb-stone-swallow or kerb-bird�). English words bawd, bawdiness may be similarly connected.

Noun

debauch (plural debauches)

1. An individual act of debauchery.
2. An orgy.

Verb

debauch (third-person singular simple present debauches, present participle debauching, simple past and past participle debauched)

1. (transitive) To morally corrupt (someone); to seduce.
2. (transitive) To debase (something); to lower the value of (something).
3. (intransitive) To indulge in revelry.

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