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lascivious Definition

las·civi·ous (lə sivē əs)

adjective

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

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

lascivious Related Forms

las·civi·ously adverb las·civi·ous·ness noun

lascivious Synonyms

lascivious

modif.

  1. Filled with lust

    lecherous, lustful, libidinous; see lewd 1, 2, sensual.

  2. Suggestive of intercourse

    fleshly, carnal, orgiastic, bodily, earthly, animal, natural, voluptuous, obscene; see also sensual.

    Antonyms ascetic, spiritual*, abstemious.

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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