English
Etymology
From L. libertinus, from libertus �made free�.
Pronunciation
IPA|/�lɪb�ti�n/
Noun
en-noun
- historic Someone who has been freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
- One who is freethinking in religious matters.
- Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially concerning their relations with the opposite sex; someone loose in morals, a pleasure-seeker.
#*2007, Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, tr. Helen Constantine, Penguin 2007, p. 123:
#*:So the truth of the matter is that a libertine in love, if indeed a libertine can be in love, becomes from that moment in less of a hurry to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh.
Adjective
en-adj
- Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.
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