lascivious

  • 21lascivious — see LUST …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22lascivious — las·civ·i·ous || lÉ™ sɪvɪəs adj. lustful, lecherous, lewd; arousing or expressing sexual desire …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 23lascivious — [lə sɪvɪəs] adjective feeling or revealing an overt sexual desire. Derivatives lasciviously adverb lasciviousness noun Origin ME: from late L. lasciviosus, from L. lascivia lustfulness …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 24lascivious — a. Lustful, lecherous, libidinous, lickerish, salacious, concupiscent, lubric, lubricous, lewd, prurient, wanton, loose, unchaste, incontinent …

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  • 25lascivious — adj 1. lewd, lecherous, lubricous, Archaic. lickerish, satyric, satyrical, satyrlike, hircine, goatish, ruttish, Sl. horny; lustful, randy, Sl. hot or hot for; concupiscent, prurient, libidinous, salacious; fleshly, carnal, sensual, voluptuous,… …

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  • 26lascivious — las·civ·i·ous …

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  • 27lascivious — UK [ləˈsɪvɪəs] / US adjective sexually interested or active in an unpleasant and unwelcome way Derived words: lasciviously adverb lasciviousness noun uncountable …

    English dictionary

  • 28lascivious — las•civ•i•ous [[t]ləˈsɪv i əs[/t]] adj. 1) inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd 2) arousing sexual desire 3) indicating sexual interest or expressive of lust or lewdness • Etymology: 1400–50; late ME < L lascīvi(a) playfulness, wantonness… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 29lascivious — /ləˈsɪviəs / (say luh siveeuhs) adjective 1. inclined to lust; wanton or lewd. 2. inciting to lust or wantonness. {Late Latin lascīviōsus, from Latin lascīvia wantonness} –lasciviously, adverb –lasciviousness, noun …

  • 30lascivious —   a. lustful; lecherous …

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