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libertine

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪbətiːn, -tɪn, -tʌɪn/

Definition of libertine

noun

1a person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles: his image as an unbridled libertine is a total myth

2a freethinker in matters of religion.

adjective

1characterized by free indulgence in sensual pleasures:his more libertine impulses

2freethinking.

Derivatives

libertinage
libertinism

Origin:

late Middle English (denoting a freed slave or the son of one): from Latin libertinus 'freedman', from liber 'free'. In the mid 16th century, imitating French libertin, the term denoted a member of any of various antinomian sects in France; hence sense 2 of the noun

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libertine

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