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libertinage

libertinage noun: the conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness.

Noun

libertinage (countable and uncountable, plural libertinages)

  1. The conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness.
    • Destroy, with entire unpity, raze to the ground, those detestable houses where you billet the progeny of the libertinage of the poor, appalling cloacas, wherefrom there every day spews forth into society a swarm of new-made creatures […]1965, Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and other Writings

Forms of libertinage

plurallibertinages

Origin of libertinage

Unadapted borrowing from French libertinage.

Questions about libertinage

What does libertinage mean?
Libertinage means the conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness.
What part of speech is libertinage?
Libertinage is a noun.
What is the plural of libertinage?
The plural of libertinage is libertinages.

Words near libertinage in the dictionary

  1. liberticidal
  2. liberticide
  3. liberticides
  4. libertie
  5. liberties
  6. libertinage
  7. libertinages
  8. libertine
  9. libertines
  10. libertinism
  11. libertinisms

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