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lascivious
[ luh-siv-ee-uhs ]
adjective
- inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd:
a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- arousing sexual desire:
lascivious photographs.
- indicating sexual interest or expressive of lust or lewdness:
a lascivious gesture.
lascivious
/ ləˈsɪvɪəs /
adjective
- lustful; lecherous
- exciting sexual desire
Derived Forms
- lasˈciviousness, noun
- lasˈciviously, adverb
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
Word History and Origins
Origin of lascivious1
Word History and Origins
Origin of lascivious1
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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