libertine
Meaning
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Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
Synonyms
dissolute person
dissolute man
lustful man
lewd person
rakehelly
man of pleasure
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn/
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.
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