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libidinous

[ li-bid-n-uhs ]

adjective

  1. full of sexual lust; lustful; lewd; lascivious.
  2. of, relating to, or characteristic of the libido.


libidinous

/ lɪˈbɪdɪnəs /

adjective

  1. characterized by excessive sexual desire
  2. of or relating to the libido
“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

  • liˈbidinousness, noun
  • liˈbidinously, adverb
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Other Words From

  • li·bidi·nous·ly adverb
  • li·bidi·nous·ness noun
  • nonli·bidi·nous adjective
  • nonli·bidi·nous·ly adverb
  • nonli·bidi·nous·ness noun
  • unli·bidi·nous adjective
  • unli·bidi·nous·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of libidinous1

1400–50; late Middle English lybydynous < Latin libīdinōsus willful, lustful, equivalent to libīdin- (stem of libīdō ) libido + -ōsus -ous
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Example Sentences

Despite lukewarm reviews and the absence of Kim Cattrall’s iconically libidinous Samantha Jones, the sequel had what HBO Max would pronounce the “best debut day of any series” in its short history.

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There’s a regretful mutedness to the performance, too, as though we were watching the Clinton of 2021 retrace steps he took as a younger, more energetic and libidinous man.

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Jade is one of a handful of Americans who feel especially flimsy — even if she’s not as flat as the libidinous New-Age Californian Hope, seemingly introduced just to provide a moral crisis for Francis.

Rappers express their libidinous desires in the boring, one-note language of conquest.

Then something wonderfully awful happened to help Roth complete his own libidinous opus.

The New Moon opposing Jupiter, Wednesday, amplifies your life libidinous, which is already more active than ever in recent memory.

The animal is ignorant of diversity, of the accumulation of aptitudes; man alone is "luxurieux," is libidinous.

Art wants no such followers: her bravest work is done by brave men, and not by sneaking opium-eaters and libidinous 'reformers.'

But they hold her hand like brothers—quite simply and nicely, not at all sticky and libidinous.

Most of these women have a heredity of bad quality and are of weak character, idle and libidinous.

Wood has affirmed, that this accident arose from libidinous dalliance with a handsome black girl in Axe-yard, Westminster.

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