Emily Dickinson Lexicon

debauchee, n. [Fr.]

1. Drinker; imbiber; connoisseur; [fig.] one who keenly enjoys; creature who deeply appreciates; [kenning, “Debauchee of Dews”] bee; flying insect that collects pollen to make honey.
2. Drunkard; habitual partaker; creature with excessive thirst; [fig.] seducer; profligate; pillager; plunderer; despoiler; [kenning, “Debauchee of Dew”] hummingbird.