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The definition of lascivious is someone who expresses lust or lewdness.

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An example of something that would be described as lascivious is the leering look that a creepy old man gives young girls at a bar.

See lascivious in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

characterized by or expressing lust or lewdness; wanton
tending to excite lustful desires

Origin: ME lascyuyous < ML lasciviosus < LL < L lascivia, wantonness < lascivus: see lust

Related Forms:

lasciviously adverb
lasciviousness noun

See lascivious in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Given to or expressing lust; lecherous.
Exciting sexual desires; salacious.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Late Latin lascīviōsus

Origin: , from Latin lascīvia, lewdness, playfulness

Origin: , from lascīvus, lustful, playful; see las- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

las·civˈi·ous·ly adverb

las·civˈi·ous·ness noun

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