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libertine definition

lib·er·tine (lib′ər tēn′, -tin)

noun

  1. in ancient Rome, a person who had been freed from slavery

  2. Etymology: prob. via Fr libertin

    a person, esp. a man, who leads an unrestrained, sexually immoral life; rake
  3. Archaic a freethinker

Etymology: ME libertyn < L libertinus < libertus, freedman < liber, free: see liberal

adjective

morally unrestrained; licentious

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