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Webster 1828 Edition


Lasciviousness

LASCIV'IOUSNESS

, n.
1.
Looseness; irregular indulgence of animal desires; wantonness; lustfulness.
Who, being past feeling, have given themselves over to lasciviousness. Eph. 4.
2.
Tendency to excite lust, and promote irregular indulgences.
The reason pretended by Augustus was, the lasciviousness of his Elegies and his Art of Love.

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lasciviousness

lasciviousness

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Noun

lasciviousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or characteristic of being lascivious.

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