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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: sensualist, lecher, debauchee, roué

    Antonyms: prude

  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: lewd, lascivious, sensual, amoral

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

libertine

/ ˈlɪbəˌtiːn; -ˌtaɪn /

noun

  1. a morally dissolute person

adjective

  1. morally dissolute

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Derived Forms

  • ˈliberˌtinage, noun

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Word History and Origins

Origin of libertine1

1350–1400; Middle English libertyn < Latin lībertīnus of a freedman (adj.), freedman (noun), equivalent to lībert ( us ) freedman (apparently by reanalysis of liber-tās liberty as libert-ās ) + -īnus -ine 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of libertine1

C14 (in the sense: freedman, dissolute person): from Latin lībertīnus freedman, from lībertus freed, from līber free

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