lascivious

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lascivious

  • /ləˈsɪvɪ.əs/ UK
  • /-vi.əs/ UK
  • /ləˈsɪvi.əs/ US

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From Latin lascīviōsus, from lascīvia (“sportiveness, lustfulness”).

adjective more lascivious · most lascivious

  1. Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful. Sir, I will answer anything. But I beseech you, if't be your pleasure and most wise consent, as partly I find it is, that your fair daughter, at this odd-even and dull watch o'the night, transported with no worse nor better guard but with a knave of common hire, a gondolier, to the gross clasps of a

    Similar: wanton, lewd, lustful

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adj wanton

Españollascivo
한국어음탕하다 eumtanghada
日本語嫌らしい iyarashii, エッチ etchi, 淫蕩な intō na
中文好色 hàosè, 淫蕩 /淫荡 yíndàng
Portuguêslascivo
Françaislascif, lubrique
Deutschlüstern, lasziv
Italianolascivo
Ελληνικάλάγνος lágnos, ασελγής aselgís
Românălasciv
Русскийпохотли́вый poxotlívyj, развра́тный razvrátnyj, блудли́вый bludlívyj, распу́щенный raspúščennyj, распу́тный raspútnyj, сладостра́стный sladostrástnyj
العربيةشَهْوَانِيّ šahwāniyy, شَبِق šabiq, غَلِم ḡalim
עבריתתַּאַוְתָנִי

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@misc{lascivious_2026,
  title = {lascivious},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/lascivious},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}