Antonyms for libertine
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : lib-er-teen, -tin |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈlɪb ərˌtin, -tɪn |
Definition of libertine
Origin :- late 14c., "a freedman, an emancipated slave," from Latin libertinus "member of a class of freedmen," from libertus "one's freedmen," from liber "free" (see liberal). Sense of "freethinker" is first recorded 1560s, from French libertin (1540s) originally the name given to certain Protestant sects in France and the Low Countries. Meaning "dissolute or licentious person" first recorded 1590s; the darkening of meaning being perhaps due to misunderstanding of Latin libertinus in Acts vi:9. As an adjective by 1570s.
- adj debauched
- noun debauched person
- Libertine as he is, can have no thoughts of any other woman but Clarissa.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- To speak the truth you are simply playing the game of a libertine.
- Extract from : « A Comedy of Marriage and Other Tales » by Guy De Maupassant
- I loved her; but when I loved her I ceased to be a libertine.
- Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
- "It was that libertine brother-in-law of mine, the Duke of Gandia," he said.
- Extract from : « The Historical Nights' Entertainment » by Rafael Sabatini
- Even the libertine, that pauper in the realm of Love, wants the perfect life.
- Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
- The way chosen by the libertine is in exactly the opposite direction.
- Extract from : « Sex=The Unknown Quantity » by Ali Nomad
- He is lazy, libertine, and given to lying, but not incorrigibly wicked.
- Extract from : « The Journal of Negro History, Volume 2, 1917 » by Various
- A month afterwards came the libertine's turn to be disappointed.
- Extract from : « Vikram and the Vampire » by Richard F. Burton
- As she was pretty, a libertine would have tried to seduce her.
- Extract from : « A Book About Lawyers » by John Cordy Jeaffreson
- No libertine can believe in the purity of woman; it is contrary to nature.
- Extract from : « Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners » by B.G. Jefferis
Synonyms for libertine
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