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Definition of Libertene

Lib"er*tine (-t&ibreve;n), n. [L. libertinus freedman, from libertus one made free, fr. liber free: cf. F. libertin. See Liberal.] 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.

Like a puffed and reckless libertine,
Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads.
Shak.

4. A defamatory name for a freethinker. [Obsoles.]

Lib"er*tine, a. [L. libertinus of a freedman: cf. F. libertin. See Libertine, n. ] 1. Free from restraint; uncontrolled. [Obs.]

You are too much libertine.
Beau. & Fl.

2. Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as, libertine principles or manners. Bacon.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • Dissolute; licentious; profligate;
  • loose in morals;
  • libertine principles or manners.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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