Meanings
nounlibertinage (countable and uncountable, plural libertinages)
plural libertinages
- countableuncountableThe 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
Origin
- Frenchlibertinage
- Englishlibertinage
Unadapted borrowing from French libertinage.
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Catalan llibertinatge
- llibertinatgeTranslations
Dutch losbandigheid
- losbandigheidTranslations
Finnish irstailu, elostelu
- irstailuTranslations
- elosteluTranslations
French libertinage
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German Libertinage
- LibertinageTranslations
Polish rozpusta, rozwiązłość
- rozpustaTranslations
- rozwiązłośćTranslations
Romanian libertinaj
- libertinajTranslations
Welsh trythyllwch
- trythyllwchTranslations
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APA
libertinage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libertinage
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“libertinage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libertinage. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “libertinage,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libertinage.
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