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Definition of Libertinisms
1. libertinism [n] - See also: libertinism
Lexicographical Neighbors of Libertinisms
Literary usage of Libertinisms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare, Evangeline Maria O'Connor (1901)
"Liberties, libertinisms, "1. of sin," ie " licensed offenders "; I. ii. 102.
Light, wanton (used equivocally) ; IV. iii. 51. Limbo; a cant term for "prison ..."
2. History of Mexico by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Thomas Savage, Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1883)
"... of great felicity; we find him the kindest of parents and a devoted husband,
though from his earlier libertinisms the contrary might have been expected. ..."
3. History of the Imâms and Seyyids of ʾOmân by Ḥamīd ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ruzayq (1871)
"But all such assertions on their part are either lies, or insinuations, or sophisms
congenial to these libertinisms. ..."
4. Historic Survey of German Poetry: Interspersed with Various Translations by William Taylor (1830)
"Indeed, those passages in the Sympathies which inveigh against the libertinisms
of literature are too eloquent not to have been sincere; although, ..."
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