lascivious Definition
las·civi·ous (lə siv′ē əs)
adjective
- characterized by or expressing lust or lewdness; wanton
- tending to excite lustful desires
Etymology: ME lascyuyous < ML lasciviosus < LL < L lascivia, wantonness < lascivus: see lust
lascivious Related Forms
las·civ′i·ously adverb
las·civ′i·ous·ness noun
lascivious Synonyms
lascivious
modif.
lascivious Usage Examples
Modifies a noun
- grace: Lascivious grace, in whom all ill well shows, Kill me with spites, yet we must not be foes.
- thought: Interesting Trollope mere information: the fallacy that the Victorians had lascivious thoughts about their tables began with her.
- behavior: Leisure Suit Larry Has his lascivious behavior fully exposed.
- joy: Blind ignorance misleads us thus and delights with the results of lascivious joys.
- act: He plead not guilty to the 7 counts of lude and lascivious acts with a minor as well as other charges.
- material: Such lascivious material is admittedly few and far between.
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