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libertine
UK /ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn/ US /ˈlɪb.ɚ.tin/
noun 3adj 1
Collocations
4ADJ.
young
LIBERTINE + NOUN
activities
PREP.
in
ADV.
indeed
Definitions
noun
1
Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
noun
1
One who is freethinking in religious matters.
2
Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.
So the truth of the matter is that a libertine in love, if indeed a libertine can be in love, becomes from that moment in less of a hurry to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh.
adj
1
Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — unrestrained by convention or morality
- debauched
- degenerate
- degraded
- dissipated
- dissolute
- profligate
- riotous
- fast
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
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So the truth of the matter is that a libertine in love, if indeed a libertine can be in love, becomes from that moment in less of a hurry to enjoy the pleasures of the flesh.
Wiktionary02
Last night the young lady's libertine activities hurt the front wall of her vagina.
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He is a libertine.
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