• (British) IPA: /ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn/
• (America) IPA: /ˈlɪb.ɚ.tin/

From , from libertus ("a freedman"), from liber ("free"); see liberal, liberate.

libertine (plural libertines)

1. (historical) Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.

From .

libertine (plural libertines)

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.
   • 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, translated by Helen Constantine, Dangerous Liaisons, Penguin, page 123:

     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.

• See also Thesaurus:libertine

• liberate
• liberal
• liberty

• Italian: libertino, antidogmatico, liberale

• Italian: libertino
• Portuguese: libertino
• Spanish: libertino, crápula, disoluto, calavera

libertine

1. Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.

• libertinism
• libertinage

• Italian: libertino
• Portuguese: libertino