libertinage

See also: Libertinage

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French libertinage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

libertinage (countable and uncountable, plural libertinages)

1. 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 […]

Translations

Translations

Finnish: irstailu (fi), elostelu (fi) German: Libertinage (de) f Romanian: libertinaj (ro) n

See also

• libertinism

French

Etymology

From libertin +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /li.bɛʁ.ti.naʒ/

Noun

libertinage m (plural libertinages)

1. the conduct or activities of a libertine; licentiousness

Descendants

• → English: libertinage
• → German: Libertinage
• → Romanian: libertinaj

Further reading

• “libertinage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.