libertines
Meaning of libertines
- a person, especially a man, who freely indulges in sensual pleasures without regard to moral principles.
his image as an unbridled libertine is a total myth
- a freethinker in matters of religion.
late Middle English (denoting a freed slave or the son of one): from Latin libertinus ‘freedman’, from liber ‘free’. In the mid 16th century, imitating French libertin, the term denoted a member of any of various antinomian sects in France; hence libertine (sense 2 of the noun).
Information about libertines
- It is a name.
- The singular form of libertines is: libertine.
- Languages in which libertines is used:
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Hyphenation of libertines
lib-ertines
- It consists of 2 syllables and 10 chars.
- libertines is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
libertines synonyms
Meaning a man who readily or frequently enters into casual sexual relationships with women; a womanizer:
Meaning a wealthy man who spends his time enjoying himself, especially one who behaves irresponsibly or has many casual sexual relationships:
Meaning an implement consisting of a pole with a toothed crossbar or fine tines at the end, used especially for drawing together cut grass or smoothing loose soil or gravel:
Meaning a man who behaves selfishly and irresponsibly in his sexual relationships with women:
Meaning an attractive, passionate male seducer or lover:
Meaning a lecherous man:
Meaning a person who entices someone into sexual activity:
Meaning a man who engages in numerous casual sexual affairs with women:
Meaning a person who commits adultery:
Meaning a person given to excessive indulgence in sex, alcohol, or drugs:
Meaning a person devoted to physical, especially sexual, pleasure:
Meaning a person devoted to luxury and sensual pleasure:
Meaning a person who believes that the pursuit of pleasure is the most important thing in life; a pleasure-seeker:
Meaning a licentious, dissolute person:
Meaning a sexually unrestrained woman:
Meaning an unprincipled person:
Meaning an immoral or corrupt person:
Meaning a large-headed piece of metal that pierces and projects from a surface, especially for decoration:
Meaning a person taking part in a sport or game:
Meaning an area of flat, dried-up land, especially a desert basin from which water evaporates quickly:
Meaning an attractive, charming man who habitually seduces women:
Meaning a lecher:
Meaning a man who habitually seduces women:
Meaning a long tear or cut:
Meaning the red liquid that circulates in the arteries and veins of humans and other vertebrate animals, carrying oxygen to and carbon dioxide from the tissues of the body:
libertines antonyms
Meaning a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church under Elizabeth I as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of w:
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