English Explanatory Dictionary

libertine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
noun
  1. One who is freethinking in religious matters.
  2. Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.
adj
  1. Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.

Pronunciation

/ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-libertine.wav /ˈlɪb.ɚ.tin/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-JutishMale-libertine.wav

Word forms

libertine libertines more libertine most libertine

Etymology

From Latin libertinus (“a freedman, prop. adj., of or belonging to the condition of a freedman”), from libertus (“a freedman”), from liber (“free”); see liberal, liberate.

Synonyms

adulterer bed-hopper carpetmonger chamberer debauchee debaucher fornicator gallant lecher lewdster libertine hood rat philanderer rake rantipole rizzler roué player seducer voluptuary wanton

Antonyms

celibate celibatist monogamist virgin

Related words

drunkard glutton pleasure prostitute liberate liberal liberty libertinism libertinage
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