lib

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1. liberation(def 2): women’s lib; gay lib.
2. a libber.

1. book.

1. librarian.
2. library.

1. Liberal.

noun

1. something improvised in speech, music, etc.: Was that joke part of your speech or an ad lib?

adverb

2. at one’s pleasure; without restriction.
3. freely; as needed; without stint: Water can be given to the patients ad lib.

1. ad libitum.

noun

1. informal, sometimes derogatory short for liberation (def. 2)

abbreviation for

1. librarian
2. library

abbreviation for

1. Liberal

n.1969, American English, shortening of liberation, used with possessives, originally in Women’s Lib. Colloquial shortening libber for liberationist is attested from 1971. 1811, shortened from Latin ad libitum “at one’s pleasure, as much as one likes” (c.1600), from libere “to please” (see libido). First recorded as one word 1919 (v.), 1925 (n.). abbr.

1. ad libitum (freely, as desired)

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