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libertine
[ lib-er-teen, -tin ]
noun
- a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, especially a dissolute man; a profligate; rake.
Synonyms: , , ,
Antonyms:
- a freethinker in religious matters.
- a person freed from slavery in ancient Rome.
adjective
- free of moral, especially sexual, restraint; dissolute; licentious.
Synonyms: , , ,
- freethinking in religious matters.
- Archaic. unrestrained; uncontrolled.
libertine
/ ˈlɪbəˌtiːn; -ˌtaɪn /
noun
- a morally dissolute person
adjective
- morally dissolute
Derived Forms
- ˈˌپԲ, noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of libertine1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of libertine1
Example Sentences
Timothy and Victoria aren’t aware that their sons have slipped into the type of libertine excess European aristocrats once indulged in.
That he somehow got two wealthy libertines to do his dirty work for him is a true testament to the power of his vision.
Some argued that they assumed Ms Pelicot had consented, or that they were taking part in a libertine sex game.
That view treats Middle America as a catchall for sensibility, moral uprightness and a mythical strain of virtue incorrectly believed to be absent from the supposedly libertine coasts or in large cities.
Trump, 77, has a libertine past, a salesman’s flair and an extraordinary instinct for insult.
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