| 单词 | libertine |
| 释义 | libertine (once / 4026 pages) adjn If you drink a lot, eat a lot, and live a wild and unrestrained life, you might be called a libertine. A libertine is someone who lives life unencumbered by morals. Although it can be used neutrally, often if someone calls you a libertine, they disapprove of your lack of morality. In the fourteenth century, a libertine was "a freed slave," from the Latin liber, "free." Starting in the mid-1500s, libertine had a religious and political connotation, referring to group that opposed Calvinism. By the nineteenth century, the word became strongly associated with immorality and debauchery. WORD FAMILYlibertine: libertines USAGE EXAMPLESAnd one of the first examples comes Friday night on that most libertine of cable outlets, HBO. New York Times(Nov 23, 2016) “It can get to minus 40,” said Ellen Libertine, Stanley’s chamber coordinator. Washington Times(Nov 06, 2016) The evolution of Smith—from libertine upstart to respectable mogul—in many ways mirrors the rehabilitation of Villa Ruchello, following decades of hard use. Wall Street Journal(Sep 06, 2016) 1adj unrestrained by convention or morality Syn debauched, degenerate, degraded, dissipated, dissolute, fast, profligate, riotous immoral deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong 2n a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained Syn|Hypo|Hyper debauchee, rounder adulterer, fornicator someone who commits adultery or fornication gigoloa man who has sex with and is supported by a woman blood, profligate, rake, rakehell, rip, rouea dissolute man in fashionable society ladies' man, lady killer, seducera man who takes advantage of women debaucher, ravisher, violatorsomeone who assaults others sexually philanderer, womaniser, womanizera man who likes many women and has short sexual relationships with them adulteress, fornicatress, hussy, jade, loose woman, strumpet, trollopa woman adulterer Casanovaany man noted for his amorous adventures Don Juanany successful womanizer (after the legendary profligate Spanish nobleman) Lotharioa successful womanizer; a man who behaves selfishly in his sexual relationships with women lizard, lounge lizarda man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him undoera seducer who ruins a woman wenchersomeone who patronizes prostitutes masher, skirt chaser, wolf, woman chasera man who is aggressive in making amorous advances to women bad person a person who does harm to others |
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