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libertine
[ lib-er-teen, -tin ]
/ ˈlɪb ərˌtin, -tɪn /
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noun
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.
adjective
free of moral, especially sexual, restraint; dissolute; licentious.
freethinking in religious matters.
Archaic. unrestrained; uncontrolled.
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British Dictionary definitions for libertine
libertine
/ (ˈlɪbəˌtiːn, -ˌtaɪn) /
noun
a morally dissolute person
adjective
morally dissolute
Derived forms of libertine
libertinage or libertinism, nounWord Origin for libertine
C14 (in the sense: freedman, dissolute person): from Latin lībertīnus freedman, from lībertus freed, from līber free
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