Meaning of LASCIVIOUS
| Pronunciation: | | lu'siveeus
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| | Definition: | | [adj] driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies" |
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| | Synonyms: | | lewd, libidinous, lustful, sexy |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Las*civ"i*ous\, a. [L. lascivia wantonness, fr.
lascivus wanton; cf. Gr. (?) lecherous, (?) to wish, Skr.
lash to desire.]
1. Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious
desires. --Milton.
2. Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.
He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the
lascivious pleasing of a lute. --Shak.
-- {Las*civ"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Las*civ"i*ous*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | amative, amatory, amorous, animal, aphrodisiomaniacal, appetitive, ardent, bawdy, blue, carnal, clitoromaniacal, coarse, concupiscent, Cyprian, debauched, desiderative, desireful, desiring, desirous, dirty, eager, ejaculatory, erotic, eroticomaniacal, erotomaniacal, fast, Fescennine, filthy, fleshly, goatish, gross, gynecomaniacal, hircine, hoping, hormic, horny, hot, hot-blooded, hysteromaniacal, impassioned, incontinent, indecent, itching, ithyphallic, lecherous, lewd, libertine, libidinal, libidinous, licentious, lickerish, loverlike, loverly, lubricious, lubricous, lurid, lustful, needing, nymphomaniacal, obscene, offensive, optative, orgasmic, orgastic, passionate, pornographic, priapic, prurient, randy, ribald, ruttish, salacious, satyric, sensual, sex-starved, sexual, sexy, smutty, steamy, tempted, unsatisfied, vile, wanting, wanton, wishing |
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