different between libertine vs unbridled
libertine
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)
- (historical) Someone freed from slavery in Ancient Rome; a freedman.
Etymology 2
From French libertin
Noun
libertine (plural libertines)
- One who is freethinking in religious matters.
- 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.
- 2007, Choderlos de Laclos, Dangerous Liaisons, tr. Helen Constantine, Penguin 2007, p. 123,
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:libertine
Related terms
- liberate
- liberal
- liberty
Translations
Adjective
libertine (comparative more libertine, superlative most libertine)
- 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
- feminine singular of libertin
Italian
Noun
libertine f
- plural of libertina
Latin
Adjective
l?bert?ne
- vocative masculine singular of l?bert?nus
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unbridled
English
Etymology
un- +? bridled
Adjective
unbridled (comparative more unbridled, superlative most unbridled)
- Not fitted with a bridle.
- (by extension) Without restraint or limit.
- The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum; after which the former gave a loose to mirth, sang two or three amorous songs, and fell into every frantic disorder which unbridled joy is apt to inspire […]
Translations
Verb
unbridled
- simple past tense of unbridle
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