Libertine Definition
lĭbər-tēn
libertines
noun
libertines
One who acts without moral restraint; a dissolute person.
American Heritage
In ancient Rome, a person who had been freed from slavery.
Webster's New World
A person, esp. a man, who leads an unrestrained, sexually immoral life; rake.
Webster's New World
One who defies established religious precepts; a freethinker.
American Heritage
A freethinker.
Webster's New World
adjective
Morally unrestrained; licentious.
Webster's New World
Other Word Forms of Libertine
Noun
Singular:
libertinePlural:
libertinesOrigin of Libertine
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From Latin libertinus (“a freedman, prop. adj., of or belonging to the condition of a freedman"), from libertus (“a freedman"), from liber (“free"); see liberal, liberate.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English freedman from Latin lībertīnus from lībertus from līber free leudh- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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