释义 |
libertinelib‧er‧tine /ˈlɪbətiːn $ -ər-/ noun [countable] literary libertineOrigin: 1300-1400 Latin libertinus ‘free person’, from liber; ➔ LIBERTY - Although he is quite a libertine with the women, this particular President, I understand.
- But the libertine who turned to religion in maturity seemed to get undue credit.
- For if a libertine knows he can indulge himself with impunity, he will throw all cautions to the winds.
- Much emphasis was placed on the raffish past, with roll-calls of distinguished libertines.
- Take one step away from those laws and you become a lecher, a libertine, an assassin.
someone who leads an immoral life and always looks for pleasure, especially sexual pleasure—libertine adjective |