different between dissolute vs libertine

English

Etymology

From Middle English dissolute, from Latin dissolutus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d?s?lju?t/

Adjective

dissolute (comparative more dissolute, superlative most dissolute)

1. Unrestrained by morality.
2. Recklessly abandoned to sensual pleasures.

Synonyms

• debauched, dissipated, hedonic, lascivious, lewd, libidinous, profligate, wanton

Derived terms

• dissolutely
• dissoluteness

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• outslides, slideouts, solitudes

Italian

Adjective

dissolute

1. feminine plural of dissoluto

Noun

dissolute f

1. plural of dissoluta

Latin

Participle

dissol?te

1. vocative masculine singular of dissol?tus

References

• dissolute in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• dissolute in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• dissolute in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l?b.?.ti?n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?l?b.?.tin/

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

libertine (plural libertines)

1. (historical) Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.

Etymology 2

From French libertin

Noun

libertine (plural libertines)

1. One who is freethinking in religious matters.
2. Someone (especially a man) who takes no notice of moral laws, especially those involving sexual propriety; someone loose in morals; a pleasure-seeker.
   • 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, tr. Helen Constantine, Penguin 2007, p. 123,

     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 pleasures of the flesh.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:libertine

Related terms

• liberate
• liberal
• liberty

Translations

Adjective

libertine (comparative more libertine, superlative most libertine)

1. Dissolute, licentious, profligate; loose in morals.

Related terms

• libertinism
• libertinage

Translations

Further reading

• libertine in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• libertine in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• berlinite

French

Adjective

libertine

1. feminine singular of libertin

Italian

Noun

libertine f

1. plural of libertina

Latin

Adjective

l?bert?ne

1. vocative masculine singular of l?bert?nus