First Known Use: 1577
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libertine
noun lib·er·tine \ˈli-bər-ˌtēn\
: a person (especially a man) who leads an immoral life and is mainly interested in sexual pleasure
Full Definition of LIBERTINE
1
usually disparaging : a freethinker especially in religious matters
2
: a person who is unrestrained by convention or morality; specifically : one leading a dissolute life
— libertine adjective
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Origin of LIBERTINE
Middle English libertyn freedman, from Latin libertinus, from libertinus, adjective, of a freedman, from libertus freedman, from liber
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- backslider, debauchee, debaucher, decadent, deviate, degenerate, perv, pervert, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip
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