libertinage
English
Etymology
From the (deprecated template usage) [etyl] French libertinage.
Noun
libertinage (countable and uncountable, plural libertinages)
- The conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness.
- 1965, Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and other Writings:
- Destroy, with entire unpity, raze to the ground, those detestable houses where you billet the progeny of the libertinage of the poor, appalling cloacas, wherefrom there every day spews forth into society a swarm of new-made creatures […]
See also
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
libertinage m (plural libertinages)
- The conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness
Descendants
- English: libertinage
Further reading
- “libertinage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.