libertine


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
libertine /ˈlɪbətiːn, -tɪn, -tʌɪn/
noun
  • 1 a person who is freely indulgent in sensual pleasures.
  • 2 a freethinker in matters of religion.
adjective
  • 1 characterized by free indulgence in sensual pleasures.
  • 2 freethinking.
– derivatives
libertinage noun,
libertinism noun.
– origin ME (denoting a freed slave or the son of one): from L. libertinus ‘freedman’, from liber ‘free’, influenced by Fr. libertin.
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