libertine
pronunciation
How to pronounce libertine in British English:
UK [ˈlɪbəti:n]
How to pronounce libertine in American English:
US [ˈlɪbərtin]
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- Noun:
- a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
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- Adjective:
- unrestrained by convention or morality
Word Origin
- libertine (n.)
- late 14c., "a freedman, an emancipated slave," from Latin libertinus "member of a class of freedmen," from libertus "one's freedmen," from liber "free" (see liberal). Sense of "freethinker" is first recorded 1560s, from French libertin (1540s) originally the name given to certain Protestant sects in France and the Low Countries. Meaning "dissolute or licentious person" first recorded 1590s; the darkening of meaning being perhaps due to misunderstanding of Latin libertinus in Acts vi:9. As an adjective by 1570s.
Example
- 1. Your friend will know the libertine 's refinement .
- 2. The state or quality of being libertine .
- 3. I believe john is not a libertine any more .
- 4. A man without an address is a vagabond ; a man with two addresses is a libertine .
- 5. From that sky , bizarre and livid , distorted as your destiny , what thoughts into your empty soul descend ? Answer me , libertine .