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Word: Libertine
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting a freed slave or the son of one): from Latin libertinus ‘freedman’, from liber ‘free’. In the mid 16th century, imitating French libertin, the term denoted a member of any of various antinomian sects in France; hence libertine (sense 2 of the noun)
ˈlɪbətiːn
a person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles
Short Definition:person who freely indulges in sensual pleasures
Examples:- his image as an unbridled libertine is a total myth
a freethinker in matters of religion.
Short Definition:freethinker in matters of religion
Word: Libertine
Speech Type: Adjective
ˈlɪbətiːn
characterized by free indulgence in sensual pleasures
Short Definition:characterized by indulgence in sensual pleasures
Examples:- his more libertine impulses
freethinking.
Short Definition:freethinking
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