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noun

libertine

a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained

In a sentence

Three example sentences with libertine, each labelled with its topic.

  • The novel opens with a libertine gambling away an inheritance in three nights and ends with him teaching arithmetic.

    Literature

  • The court remembered him as a libertine who spent four fortunes and left nothing but a stack of unpaid tailors' bills.

    History

  • The screenwriter plays the libertine for comedy, letting every reckless promise collapse before the character reaches the next scene.

    Movies

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