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View synonyms for lascivious

lascivious

[ luh-siv-ee-uhs ]

adjective

  1. inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd:

    a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.

  2. arousing sexual desire:

    lascivious photographs.

  3. indicating sexual interest or expressive of lust or lewdness:

    a lascivious gesture.



lascivious

/ ləˈsɪvɪəs /

adjective

  1. lustful; lecherous
  2. exciting sexual desire
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Derived Forms

  • lasˈciviousness, noun
  • lasˈciviously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • las·civ·i·ous·ly adverb
  • las·civ·i·ous·ness noun
  • o·ver·las·civ·i·ous adjective
  • o·ver·las·civ·i·ous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lascivious1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Latin lascīvi(a) “playfulness, wantonness” ( lascīv(us) “playful, wanton” + -ia noun suffix) + -ous; -ia
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lascivious1

C15: from Late Latin lascīviōsus, from Latin lascīvia wantonness, from lascīvus
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Example Sentences

The lascivious sex predator is out; the deep-pocketed caped crusader is most definitely in.

Hitchcock leans toward me in a conspiratorial, almost lascivious, way and says, “Let's pile on the menace.”

A married politician is sent a series of lascivious photographs by an attractive female admirer.

By 6, the inherently sex-addicted British child is playing a game called “frogs” with her equally lascivious best friend, B.

Hard to stomach, but their lascivious glances told that tale.

Calendau, after witnessing the lascivious dances, challenges the Count to mortal combat.

Thus, Aphrodite was celebrated with lascivious dances, and Dionysus with drunken revels.

It was insolently lascivious, and seemed fond of affecting to gratify its strong desires in public.

A small room adjoining the hall was the place where women were subjected to the lascivious gaze of brutal men.

Festooned flowers, deferential service, barbaric, subtly lascivious music—this waste would have fed those workers for years!

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