free liver

American  

noun

1. a person who follows a way of life that freely indulges the appetites, desires, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of free liver

First recorded in 1705–15

Example Sentences

Nye was a free liver, though not a dissipated man, and, as you know, a very excellent speaker.

From My Memories of Eighty Years by Depew, Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell)

Some have imagined that he was a free liver and roysterer, after the fashion of his time, that he lived as Robert Greene and Christopher Marlowe and other dissipated writers.

From William Shakespeare His Homes and Haunts by Forestier, A. (Amédée)

Once he had been a jovial fellow, a careless, free liver, towards ladies a gallant cavalier, among men a desperate gambler.

From Black Diamonds by Jókai, Mór

A very fat man, and a free liver; had long been subject to what was called asthma, particularly in the winter.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William

From his ancestors, most probably the Governor, who, we infer, was a free liver in a tropical climate, he derived the curse of gout.

From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose