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Webster 1913 Edition


Lascivious

Las-civ′i-ous

(lăs-sĭv′ĭ-ŭs)
,
Adj.
[L.
lascivia
wantonness, fr.
lascivus
wanton; cf. Gr.
λάσταυροσ
lecherous,
λῆν
to wish, Skr.
lash
to desire.]
1.
Wanton; lewd; lustful;
as,
lascivious
men;
lascivious
desires.
Milton.
2.
Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.
Las-civ′i-ous-ly
,
adv.
Las-civ′i-ous-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lascivious

LASCIV'IOUS

,
Adj.
[L. lascivus, from laxus, laxo, to relax, to loosen.]
1.
Loose; wanton; lewd; lustful; as lascivious men; lascivious desires; lascivious eyes.
2.
Soft; wanton; luxurious.
He capers numbly in a lady's chamber, to the lascivious pleasing of a lute.

Definition 2024


lascivious

lascivious

English

Adjective

lascivious (comparative more lascivious, superlative most lascivious)

  1. Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.

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