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单词 libertine
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libertine

[ lib-er-teen, -tin ]
/ ˈlɪb ərˌtin, -tɪn /
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noun

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

adjective

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

Origin of libertine

1350–1400; Middle English libertyn<Latin lībertīnus of a freedman (adj.), freedman (noun), equivalent to lībert(us) freedman (apparently by reanalysis of liber-tāsliberty as libert-ās) + -īnus-ine1

SYNONYMS FOR libertine

1 roué, debauchee, lecher, sensualist.
4 amoral, sensual, lascivious, lewd.
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ANTONYMS FOR libertine

1 prude.
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Words nearby libertine

libero, libertarian, Libertas, liberté, égalité, fraternité, liberticide, libertine, libertinism, liberty, Liberty Bell, Liberty bodice, Liberty bond
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British Dictionary definitions for libertine

libertine
/ (ˈlɪbəˌtiːn, -ˌtaɪn) /

noun

a morally dissolute person

adjective

morally dissolute

Derived forms of libertine

libertinage or libertinism, noun

Word Origin for libertine

C14 (in the sense: freedman, dissolute person): from Latin lībertīnus freedman, from lībertus freed, from līber free
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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