libertine
a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.
a freethinker in religious matters.
a person freed from slavery in ancient Rome.
free of moral, especially sexual, restraint; dissolute; licentious.
freethinking in religious matters.
Archaic. unrestrained; uncontrolled.
Origin of libertine
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How to use libertine in a sentence
Because it is this libertine, freewheeling character that you were inhabiting.
David Duchovny Turned Down Scientology, Doesn’t Care About UFOs, and Loves Making Sweet Music | Marlow Stern | August 26, 2021 | The Daily BeastPrince may have pranced around like a carefree libertine onstage, but in rehearsal he was more drill sergeant than sprite.
Speed Read: The Juiciest Bits From the History of ‘Purple Rain’ | Jennie Yabroff | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn this way, bisexual is code for libertine, which is something else altogether.
Game of Thrones had an overly sensual libertine while House of Cards had a manipulative psychopath.
And they were both these libertine figures during their lives.
She sought to arouse what attention she could by running for governor as the most libertine of libertarians.
Kristin Davis, Self-Styled Spitzer Madam, Is Arraigned on Drug Charges | Michael Daly | August 7, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTThe young scholar always allows himself a number of libertine sonnets, and we avow it is particularly disagreeable to us.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life | Thophile GautierI doubt it, sire, and I advise you to send away this libertine St. Luc, who is resolved not to amend.
Chicot the Jester | Alexandre Dumas, PereHe knew absolutely nothing about her except the story she told of childish innocence and the whims of a selfish libertine.
The Woman Gives | Owen JohnsonThus, under a libertine prince, the destinies of France were at the mercy of a valet de chambre.
Memoirs of the Comtesse du Barry | Etienne Leon Lamothe-LangonA man whos got a code of morals is moral, whether hes a libertine, a horse thief or—a minister.
The Wasted Generation | Owen Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for libertine
/ (ˈlɪbəˌtiːn, -ˌtaɪn) /
a morally dissolute person
morally dissolute
Origin of libertine
1Derived forms of libertine
- libertinage or libertinism, noun
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