libertine

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪb.ɚ.tin/

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained
  2. adjective unrestrained by convention or morality

Etymology

From Latin libertinus (“a freedman, prop. adj., of or belonging to the condition of a freedman”), from libertus (“a freedman”), from liber (“free”); see liberal, liberate.

In classic literature

Synonyms

debauchee, rounder

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
bad person
Narrower (hyponyms)
gigolo, swinger, seducer, violator, rake, womanizer

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