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Pronunciation : Lib"er*tine
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. libertinus freedman, from libertus one made free, fr. liber free: cf. F. libertin. See Liberal.]
Definition : 1. (Rom. Antiq.)

Defn: A manumitted slave; a freedman; also, the son of a freedman.

2. (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: One of a sect of Anabaptists, in the fifteenth and early part of the sixteenth century, who rejected many of the customs and decencies of life, and advocated a community of goods and of women.

3. One free from restraint; one who acts according to his impulses and desires; now, specifically, one who gives rein to lust; a rake; a debauchee. Like a puffed and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads. Shak.

4. A defamatory name for a freethinker. [Obsoles.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Lib"er*tine
Part of Speech : a.
Etymology : [L. libertinus of a freedman: cf. F. libertin. See Libertine, n. ]
Definition : 1. Free from restraint; uncontrolled. [Obs.] You are too much libertine. Beau. & Fl.

2. Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as, libertine principles or manners. Bacon.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913