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libertinage|ˈlɪbətɪnɪdʒ|
[f. next + -age.]
1. The conduct or practice of a libertine; habitual licentiousness with regard to the relation of the sexes; = libertinism 2.
1611Cotgr., Libertinage, Libertinage, Epicurisme, sensualitie, licentiousnesse, dissolutenesse. 1639Marcombes in Lismore Papers Ser. ii. (1888) IV. 98 Hauing tasted allready a litle drope of y⊇ Libertinage of y⊇ Court. 1798Malthus Popul. (1878) 20 The libertinage which..prevails must..render them..unfit for bearing children. 1819Metropolis (ed. 2) II. 181 The General..was..famous for libertinage and debauchery. 1844For. Q. Rev. XXXIII. 189 The suppers of the Duke of Orleans became a school of libertinage. 1873Smiles Huguenots Fr. i. xiii. (1881) 259 The upper classes..were given up for the most part to frivolity and libertinage.
2. Free-thinking in religious matters; = libertinism 1.
1660R. Blome Fanat. Hist. i. 5 Anabaptism, being a doctrine of licentiousness and libertinage. 1767Warburton Serm. Linc. Inn xiii. Wks. 1788 V. 194 note, Erasmus..thought he saw, under all their fondness for the Language of old Rome, a growing libertinage, which disposed them to think slightly of the Christian Faith. |