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Libertine

Libertine Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Libertine? [n] a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained [adj] unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Libertine: debauched \| debauchee \| degenerate \| degraded \| dissipated \| dissolute \| fast \| immoral \| profligate \| riotous \| rounder Related Terms \| Find terms related to Libertine: adulterer \| amoral \| bestial \| broad-minded \| carnal \| Casanova \| debauched \| debauchee \| debaucher \| decadent \| degenerate \| depraved \| dirty \| dirty old man \| dissolute \| Don Juan \| fast \| filthy \| fornicator \| free lance \| free spirit \| free trader \| freethinker \| freethinking \| gallant \| gay deceiver \| gay dog \| goatish \| heartbreaker \| hircine \| horny \| immoral \| incontinent \| independent \| individualist \| isolationist \| lady-killer \| lascivious \| latitudinarian \| lecher \| lecherous \| lewd \| liberal \| libertarian \| libidinous \| licentious \| Lothario \| lover-boy \| lubricious \| lubricous \| lustful \| masher \| mugwump \| neutral \| nonpartisan \| old goat \| open-minded \| Paphian \| philander \| philanderer \| philandering \| profligate \| prurient \| rake \| rakehell \| rakish \| randy \| reprobate \| rip \| roue \| rounder \| rugged individualist \| ruttish \| salacious \| satyric \| satyrical \| seducer \| skirt chaser \| swinger \| third force \| third world \| tolerant \| unbigoted \| walking phallus \| wanton \| whoremonger \| wolf \| woman chaser \| womanizer See Also \| adulterer \| bad person \| blood \| debaucher \| fornicator \| gigolo \| ladies' man \| lady killer \| philanderer \| profligate \| rake \| ravisher \| rip \| roue \| seducer \| swinger \| tramp \| violator \| womaniser \| womanizer Libertine In Webster's Dictionary \Lib"ertine\ (-t[i^]n), n. [L. libertinus freedman, from libertus one made free, fr. liber free: cf. F. libertin. See {Liberal}.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman. 2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and advocated a community of goods and of women. 3. One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee. Like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. --Shak. 4. A defamatory name for a freethinker. [Obsoles.] \Lib"ertine\, a. [L. libertinus of a freedman: cf. F. libertin. See {Libertine}, n. ] 1. Free from restraint; uncontrolled. [Obs.] You are too much libertine. --Beau. & Fl. 2. Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as, libertine principles or manners. --Bacon.

Libertine Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Libertine?

[n] a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
[adj] unrestrained by convention or morality; "Congreve draws a debauched aristocratic society"; "deplorably dissipated and degraded"; "riotous living"; "fast women"

Libertine In Webster's Dictionary

\Lib"er*tine\ (-t[i^]n), n. [L. libertinus freedman,
from libertus one made free, fr. liber free: cf. F. libertin.
See {Liberal}.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.) A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the
   son of a freedman.

2. (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the
   fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who
   rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and
   advocated a community of goods and of women.

3. One free from restraint; one who acts according to his
   impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives
   rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee.

         Like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the
         primrose path of dalliance treads.    --Shak.

4. A defamatory name for a freethinker. [Obsoles.]


\Lib"er*tine\, a. [L. libertinus of a freedman: cf. F.
libertin. See {Libertine}, n. ]
1. Free from restraint; uncontrolled. [Obs.]

         You are too much libertine.           --Beau. & Fl.

2. Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as,
   libertine principles or manners. --Bacon.

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