Flashcards: Latin Derivatives

libertine

 

without moral restraints, leading a sexually immoral life

 

In "The Music Man," Professor Harold Hill rails against "libertine men and scarlet women."

 

Related English word: libertinism (libertine practices)

 

Latin root words: libertinus, libertina, libertinum - of a freedman; libero, liberare, liberavi, liberatus - to free, set free 

 

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