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libertine

[ lib-er-teen, -tin ]

noun

  1. a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.

    Synonyms: , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. a freethinker in religious matters.
  3. a person freed from slavery in ancient Rome.


adjective

  1. free of moral, especially sexual, restraint; dissolute; licentious.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. freethinking in religious matters.
  3. Archaic. unrestrained; uncontrolled.

libertine

/ 藞l瑟b蓹藢ti藧n; -藢ta瑟n /

noun

  1. a morally dissolute person
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. morally dissolute
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞濒颈产别谤藢迟颈苍补驳别, noun
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of libertine1

1350鈥1400; Middle English libertyn < Latin 濒墨产别谤迟墨苍耻蝉 of a freedman (adj.), freedman (noun), equivalent to 濒墨产别谤迟 ( us ) freedman (apparently by reanalysis of 濒颈产别谤-迟腻蝉 liberty as 濒颈产别谤迟-腻蝉 ) + -墨苍耻蝉 -ine 1
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of libertine1

C14 (in the sense: freedman, dissolute person): from Latin 濒墨产别谤迟墨苍耻蝉 freedman, from 濒墨产别谤迟us freed, from 濒墨产别谤 free
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Timothy and Victoria aren鈥檛 aware that their sons have slipped into the type of libertine excess European aristocrats once indulged in.

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That he somehow got two wealthy libertines to do his dirty work for him is a true testament to the power of his vision.

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Some argued that they assumed Ms Pelicot had consented, or that they were taking part in a libertine sex game.

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That view treats Middle America as a catchall for sensibility, moral uprightness and a mythical strain of virtue incorrectly believed to be absent from the supposedly libertine coasts or in large cities.

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Trump, 77, has a libertine past, a salesman鈥檚 flair and an extraordinary instinct for insult.

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