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   lib·er·tine

   /ˈlibərˌtēn/

   noun

   • 1. a person, especially a man, who behaves without moral principles or a sense of responsibility, especially in sexual matters: "his image as an unbridled libertine is a total myth"
   • 2. a person who rejects accepted opinions in matters of religion; a freethinker.

   adjective

   • 1. characterized by a disregard of morality, especially in sexual matters: "his more libertine impulses"
   • 2. freethinking in matters of religion.

   Word Origin 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).

   Derivatives

   • 1. libertinage noun
   • 2. libertinism noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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