different between libertine vs deprave

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

Etymology

From Middle English depraven, from Old French depraver, from Latin d?pr?v?re (“pervert, distort, corrupt”), from de- + pravus (“crooked, distorted, perverse, wicked”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??p?e?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Verb

deprave (third-person singular simple present depraves, present participle depraving, simple past and past participle depraved)

1. (transitive) To speak ill of; to depreciate; to malign; to revile
2. (transitive) To make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt

Related terms

• depravation
• depraved
• depravedness
• depravity

Translations

Further reading

• deprave in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• deprave in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• deprave at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• pervade, repaved

Spanish

Verb

deprave

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of depravar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of depravar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of depravar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of depravar.