Webster's English Dictionary

Enter the word to look up:

libertine

1. lib.er.tine \'lib-*r-.te-n\ \-.te--.niz-*m\ n [ME libertyn, fr. L 
   libertinus, fr. libertinus, adj., of a fr]eedman, fr. libertus freedman, 
   fr. liber 1: a manumitted Roman slave  2: a person who is unrestrained by 
   convention or morality; specif :  one leading a dissolute life - 
   lib.er.tin.ism n
2. libertine aj : of, relating to, or characteristic of a libertine