liberal (the most freq. sense is ‘bountiful, generous’)
1.
the distinctive epithet of
those arts and sciences which were deemed worthy of
a free man Tp. I. ii. 73.
2.
of gentleman-like
habits or character 2H6 IV. vii.
68, 3H6 I. ii. 43; ‘becoming a gentleman’ (J.) or person of
refinement or taste
LLL. II. i. 167
“All reason I will
yield unto,”
Ham. V. ii. 160
“of very conceit”
(=of tasteful design; similarly “-conceited” 169).
3.
free in speech
R2 II. i. 230
“a tongue,”
Oth. V. ii. 218
“I'll be in speaking
as
the north”
(as an adv. in Ff “speak as liberal as the north”).
4.
unrestrained by
prudence or decorum, gross, licentious
Ado IV. i. 93
“a villain,”
LLL. V. ii. 741, Mer.V. II. ii. 200,
Ham. IV. vii. 171*
“That shepherds give a
grosser name” (or ? sense 3),
Oth. II. i. 164
“a most profane and
liberal counsellor.”