libertinage
English
Etymology
From the French libertinage.
Noun
libertinage (countable and uncountable, plural libertinages)
- The conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness.
- 1965, Justine, Philosophy in the Bedroom, and other Writings
- 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
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /li.bɛʁ.ti.naʒ/
Descendants
- English: libertinage
Further reading
- “libertinage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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