I wonder what the origin of "libertine" is? late 14c., "a freedman, an emancipated slave," from Latin libertinus "condition of a freedman; member of a class of freedmen," from libertus "one's freedmen, emancipated person," from liber "free"... 1570s, "free, unrestrained," originally in religion, from libertine (adj.). Meaning "licentious, dissolute" is from c. 1600. https://www.etymonline.com/word/libertine

aka Stacey_mb Othello is one of the best plays ever. Perhaps one day someone will discover if Shakespeare really wrote all the plays attributed to him or if it was a collaborative effort among several people. Regardless, it's amazing to think of all the lines from Shakespeare's plays that are familiar to us even today. E.g. "To thine own self be true..."

When I was learning Russian, we were taught that a large portion of Russian is idiomatic and cannot be translated literally. For example, дождь идёт translates literally as "rain takes a walk," but really means "It is raining." This makes learning Russian even that much more difficult than English, not to mention the complex grammar in Russian with multiple declensions and cases for nouns and adjectives (even more than in Latin) and multiple ways of conjugating verbs, not counting all the irregular verbs. We were also taught that most Russians do not speak proper Russian - mainly because it is too difficult. English is much simpler and easier, and still native English speakers often do not speak proper English. It's too bad that Latin is not taught as much in schools as it used to be.

To me it meant they were cold hearted and without empathy...they'd say anything to get what they want. Not sure 'suspiciously amiable' would fit that.