libertine

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Related terms 1.4 Adjective 1.4.1 Related terms 1.5 External links

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[edit] Etymology

< Latin libertinus (“‘a freedman, prop. adj., of or belonging to the condition of a freedman’”) < libertus (“‘a freedman’”) < liber (“‘free’”); see liberal, liberate.

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn/
• (US) IPA: /ˈlɪb.ɚ.tin/

[edit] Noun

libertine (plural libertines)

1. (historical) Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
2. One who is freethinking in religious matters.
3. Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.
   • 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, tr. Helen Constantine, Penguin 2007, p. 123,

     So the truth of the matter is that a libertine in love, if indeed a libertine can be in love, becomes from that moment in less of a hurry to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh.

[edit] Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:libertine

[edit] Related terms

• liberate
• liberal
• liberty

[edit] Adjective

libertine (comparative more libertine, superlative most libertine)

1. Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.

[edit] Related terms

• libertinism

[edit] External links

• libertine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• libertine in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911