4. A defamatory name for a freethinker. [Obsoles.]

Lib"er*tine, a. [L. libertinus of a freedman: cf. F. libertin. See

Libertine, n. ] 1. Free from restraint; uncontrolled. [Obs.]

You are too much libertine.

Beau. & Fl.

2. Dissolute; licentious; profligate; loose in morals; as, libertine

principles or manners. Bacon.

Lib"er*tin*ism (-tn*z'm), n. 1. The state of a libertine or freedman.

[R.] Hammond.

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