Definition of Libertine

Lib´er`tine   Pronunciation: ~tĭn
n.1.(Rom. Antiq.) A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.
2.(Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and advocated a community of goods and of women.
3.One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee.
4.A defamatory name for a freethinker.
a.1.Free from restraint; uncontrolled.
You are too much libertine.
- Beau. & Fl.
2.Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as, libertine principles or manners.


Related Words

Casanova, Don Juan, Lothario, Paphian, adulterer, amoral, bestial, broad-minded, carnal, debauched, debauchee, debaucher, decadent, degenerate, depraved, dirty, dirty old man, dissolute, fast, filthy, fornicator, free lance, free spirit, free trader, freethinker, freethinking, gallant, gay deceiver, gay dog, goatish, heartbreaker, hircine, horny, immoral, incontinent, independent, individualist, isolationist, lady-killer, lascivious, latitudinarian, lecher, lecherous, lewd, liberal, libertarian, libidinous, licentious, lover-boy, lubricious, lubricous, lustful, masher, mugwump, neutral, nonpartisan, old goat, open-minded, philander, philanderer, philandering, profligate, prurient, rake, rakehell, rakish, randy, reprobate, rip, roue, rounder, rugged individualist, ruttish, salacious, satyric, satyrical, seducer, skirt chaser, swinger, third force, third world, tolerant, unbigoted, walking phallus, wanton, whoremonger, wolf, woman chaser, womanizer


Search

Word:

Browse

liberalisation
Liberalism
Liberalist
Liberalistic
Liberality
Liberalization
Liberalize
Liberalizer
Liberally
Liberate
liberated
liberating
Liberation
Liberator
Liberatory
Liberian
Libertarian
Libertarianism
Liberticide
Libertinage
Libertinism
Liberty
Liberty bell
Liberty cap
Liberty of the press
Liberty of the yard
Liberty party
Liberty pole
Libethenite
libidinal
Libidinist
Libidinosity
Libidinous
libido
Libken
Libocedrus
Libra
Libral
Librarian
Librarianship
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
© 2008 Interapple, Inc.Cover