libertine
英 ['lɪbətiːn; -tɪn; -taɪn]
美 ['lɪbɚtin]
- n. 放蕩者; 性的に乱れた人; 放蕩者; 楽しいことが大好きな人; 自由思想家
- adj. 放蕩
- n.(放蕩者)人名; (英,伊) Libertina
語源
英語の語源
- libertine (n.)
- late 14c., "a freedman, an emancipated slave," from Latin libertinus "member of a class of freedmen," from libertus "one's freedmen," from liber "free" (see liberal). Sense of "freethinker" is first recorded 1560s, from French libertin (1540s) originally the name given to certain Protestant sects in France and the Low Countries. Meaning "dissolute or licentious person" first recorded 1590s; the darkening of meaning being perhaps due to misunderstanding of Latin libertinus in Acts vi:9. As an adjective by 1570s.
例文
- 1. The transition from libertine to pring was so complete.
- 酒飲みのスケベが道学者に変身した。
- 2.I believe John is not a libertine any more.
- ジョンはもう浪人ではないと信じています。
- 3.I lost Ruth and gained an undeserved reputation as a potential libertine .
- 私はルースを失ったが、無実に準浪人の名声を担った。
- 4.A man without an address is a vagabond ; a man with two addresses a libertine .
- 住所のない男はホームレス、住所が2つある男は浪人子.
＜dl>＜dt＞5.A man without an address is a vagaband，a man with two addresses is a
libertine .
人で住所のない者はホームレス、住所の2つは放蕩児である。