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libertine

UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈlɪbəˌtiːn/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈlɪbərˌtin/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(lib′ər tēn′, -tin)

lib•er•tine /ˈlɪbərˌtin/USA pronunciation n. [countable]

a person who is morally or sexually uncontrolled.

adj.

licentious;
dissolute.

See -liber-.

lib•er•tine (lib′ər tēn′, -tin),USA pronunciation n.

a person who is morally or sexually unrestrained, esp. a dissolute man;
a profligate;
rake.
a freethinker in religious matters.
a person freed from slavery in ancient Rome.

adj.

free of moral, esp. sexual, restraint;
dissolute;
licentious.
freethinking in religious matters.
[Archaic.]unrestrained;
uncontrolled.

Latin lībertīnus of a freedman (adjective, adjectival), freedman (noun, nominal), equivalent. to lībert(us) freedman (apparently by reanalysis of liber-tās liberty as libert-ās) + -īnus -ine¹
Middle English libertyn 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

libertine /ˈlɪbəˌtiːn; -ˌtaɪn/ n

a morally dissolute person

adj

morally dissolute

Etymology: 14th Century (in the sense: freedman, dissolute person): from Latin lībertīnus freedman, from lībertus freed, from līber freeˈliberˌtinage, ˈlibertinˌism n

'libertine' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

Lothario - Rochester - Don Juan - lecher - libertinism - licentious - loose - rake - roué

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