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ˈlɪbətiːn,
-tɪn,
-tʌɪn/
n.
- a person who is freely indulgent in sensual pleasures.
- a freethinker in matters of religion.
adj.
- characterized by free indulgence in sensual pleasures.
- freethinking.
Derivative
- libertinage n.
- libertinism n.
Etymology
ME (denoting a freed slave or the son of one): from L. libertinus ‘freedman’, from liber ‘free’, influenced by Fr. libertin.
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