different between libertine vs lustful

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

English

Alternative forms

• lustfull (archaic)

Etymology

From Middle English lustful, from Old English lustfull (“desirous, wishful”); equivalent to lust +? -ful. Cognate with Dutch lustvol (“lustful, lusty”), German lustvoll (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllt (“pleasurable”), Swedish lustfyllda (“lustful”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: lûst?fl?, IPA^(key): /?l?st.f?l/

Adjective

lustful (comparative more lustful, superlative most lustful)

1. Full of lust; driven by lust.

Synonyms

• concupiscent
• amorous

Derived terms

• lustfully
• lustfulness

Translations