"lascivious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ləˈsɪviəs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lascivious.wav Forms: more lascivious [comparative], most lascivious [superlative]
Etymology: From Latin lascīviōsus, from lascīvia (“sportiveness, lustfulness”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|lascīviōsus}} Latin lascīviōsus Head templates: {{en-adj}} lascivious (comparative more lascivious, superlative most lascivious)
  1. Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful. Wikipedia link: lascivious Synonyms: wanton, lewd, lustful Derived forms: lasciviously, lasciviousness Related terms: lascious, lasciviency, lascivient, lascivity, lecherous Translations (wanton): epshor (Albanian), λάγνος (lágnos) (Ancient Greek), μάχλος (mákhlos) (Ancient Greek), شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy) (Arabic), شَبِق (šabiq) (Arabic), غَلِم (ḡalim) (Arabic), юрлі́вы (jurlívy) (Belarusian), маркатлі́вы (markatlívy) (Belarusian), блудлі́вы (bludlívy) (Belarusian), распу́сны (raspúsny) (Belarusian), пажа́длівы (pažádlivy) (Belarusian), похотли́в (pohotlív) (Bulgarian), lasciu (Catalan), 好色 (hàosè) (Chinese Mandarin), 淫蕩 (Chinese Mandarin), 淫荡 (yíndàng) (Chinese Mandarin), lascivní (Czech), wellustig (Dutch), epäsiveellinen (Finnish), irstas (Finnish), hekumallinen (Finnish), rietas (Finnish), himokas (Finnish), lascif (French), lubrique (French), lüstern (German), lasziv (German), λάγνος (lágnos) (Greek), ασελγής (aselgís) (Greek), תַּאַוְתָנִי (Hebrew), drúisiúil (Irish), áilíosach (Irish), macnasach (Irish), ainmhianach (Irish), lascivo (Italian), 嫌らしい (iyarashii) (alt: いやらしい) (Japanese), エッチ (etchi) (Japanese), 淫蕩な (intō na) (alt: いんとうな) (Japanese), 음탕하다 (eumtanghada) (Korean), salāx (Latin), lascīvus (Latin), похотлив (pohotliv) (Macedonian), tīweka (Maori), tūkari (Maori), lidderlig (Norwegian), vellystig (Norwegian), شهوتی (šahvati) (Persian), frywolny (Polish), rozpustny (Polish), lubieżny (Polish), wyuzdany (Polish), lascivo (Portuguese), lasciv (Romanian), похотли́вый (poxotlívyj) (Russian), развра́тный (razvrátnyj) (Russian), блудли́вый (bludlívyj) (Russian), распу́щенный (raspúščennyj) (Russian), распу́тный (raspútnyj) (Russian), сладостра́стный (sladostrástnyj) (Russian), ласциван [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), похотљив [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), lascivan [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), pohotljiv [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), lascívny (Slovak), lascivo (Spanish), vällustig (Swedish), liderlig (Swedish), hitad (Tagalog), malanya (Tagalog), şehvetli (Turkish), хти́вий (xtývyj) (Ukrainian), похітли́вий (poxitlývyj) (Ukrainian)

Alternative forms

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          "text": "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 lascivious Moor – if this be known to you, and your allowance, we then have done you bold and saucy wrongs; but if you know not this, my manners tell me we have your wrong rebuke.",
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          "text": "The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.",
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          "word": "lasciu"
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          "sense": "wanton",
          "word": "好色"
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          "word": "淫蕩"
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          "word": "淫荡"
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          "word": "rietas"
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          "word": "himokas"
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          "sense": "wanton",
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          "sense": "wanton",
          "word": "ασελγής"
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          "lang": "Irish",
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          "sense": "wanton",
          "word": "áilíosach"
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          "sense": "wanton",
          "word": "macnasach"
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          "code": "ga",
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          "word": "음탕하다"
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          "roman": "sladostrástnyj",
          "sense": "wanton",
          "word": "сладостра́стный"
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          "sense": "wanton",
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          "word": "ласциван"
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          "code": "sk",
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          "sense": "wanton",
          "word": "lascívny"
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "wanton",
          "word": "lascivo"
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          "sense": "wanton",
          "word": "vällustig"
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          "text": "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 lascivious Moor – if this be known to you, and your allowance, we then have done you bold and saucy wrongs; but if you know not this, my manners tell me we have your wrong rebuke.",
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      "word": "好色"
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      "sense": "wanton",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "wanton",
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "wanton",
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      "code": "de",
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      "word": "תַּאַוְתָנִי"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "wanton",
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      "word": "lascivo"
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      "word": "エッチ"
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      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "淫蕩な"
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      "roman": "eumtanghada",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "음탕하다"
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      "word": "lascīvus"
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      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pohotliv",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "похотлив"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "tīweka"
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      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "tūkari"
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      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "lidderlig"
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    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "vellystig"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "šahvati",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "شهوتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "frywolny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "rozpustny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "lubieżny"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "wyuzdany"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "lascivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "lasciv"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "poxotlívyj",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "похотли́вый"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razvrátnyj",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "развра́тный"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bludlívyj",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "блудли́вый"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspúščennyj",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "распу́щенный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "raspútnyj",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "распу́тный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sladostrástnyj",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "сладостра́стный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ласциван"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "похотљив"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pohotljiv"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "lascívny"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "lascivo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "vällustig"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "liderlig"
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    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "hitad"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "malanya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "şehvetli"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "xtývyj",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "хти́вий"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "poxitlývyj",
      "sense": "wanton",
      "word": "похітли́вий"
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}

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