libertine

  • 11libertine — ● libertin, libertine adjectif et nom (latin libertinus, affranchi) Qui mène une vie dissolue, qui est de mœurs très libres. Se disait au XVIIe s. de quelqu un qui manifestait son indépendance d esprit par rapport aux enseignements du… …

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  • 12Libertine — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Libertine >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 libertine libertine Sgm: N 1 voluptuary voluptuary &c. 954a Sgm: N 1 rake rake debauchee loose fish rip rakehell fast man Sgm: N 1 intrigant …

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  • 13libertine — 1. noun /ˈlɪb.ə.tiːn,ˈlɪb.ɚ.tin/ a) Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman. So the truth of the matter is that a libertine in love, if indeed a libertine can be in love, becomes from that moment in less of a hurry to enjoy the… …

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  • 14libertine — [[t]lɪ̱bə(r)tiːn[/t]] libertines N COUNT (disapproval) If you refer to someone as a libertine, you mean that they are sexually immoral and do not care about the effect their behaviour has on other people. [LITERARY] ...a self confessed coward,… …

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  • 15libertine — UK [ˈlɪbə(r)tiːn] / US [ˈlɪbərˌtɪn] noun [countable] Word forms libertine : singular libertine plural libertines literary someone who behaves in an immoral way, especially someone who has a lot of sexual relationships …

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  • 16libertine — noun Etymology: Middle English libertyn freedman, from Latin libertinus, from libertinus, adjective, of a freedman, from libertus freedman, from liber Date: 1577 1. usually disparaging a freethinker especially in religious matters 2. a person who …

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  • 17libertine — lib|er|tine [ˈlıbəti:n US ər ] n literary [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: libertinus free person , from liber; LIBERTY] someone who leads an immoral life and always looks for pleasure, especially sexual pleasure >libertine adj …

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  • 18libertine — noun (C) someone who leads an immoral life and always looks for pleasure, especially sexual pleasure libertine adjective …

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  • 19libertine — noun an unrepentant libertine Syn: philanderer, playboy, rake, roué, Don Juan, Lothario, Casanova, Romeo; lecher, seducer, womanizer, adulterer, debauchee, profligate, wanton; informal skirt chaser, ladykiller, lech, wolf; formal …

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  • 20Libertine (сингл) — «Libertine» Сингл Милен Фармер из альбома …

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