"licentuous" meaning in English

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more licentuous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most licentuous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "licentious"
        }
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "ref": "1840, John Bellenden Ker, An Essay on the Archæology of Our Popular Phrases and Nursery Rhymes: Supplement, page 137",
          "text": "[It] is then as […] quent, quynt, gequent, gequynt, worn out, lifeless, consumptive, the past part. of quenen, quynen, and not as Johnson supposed a licentuous use of the above explained quaint, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940, Scrutiny: A Quarterly Review, page 362",
          "text": "[…] as the distinctive mark of a Christian king, still exercises its temporary authority; but 'licentuous wickedness' — the adjective is noteworthy — and 'the filthy and contagious clouds' of 'heady murder' threaten to break out at any moment.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Kalyan Kumar Dasgupta et al., Sraddhānjali, Studies in Ancient Indian History: D.C. Sircar Commemoration Volume",
          "text": "The original character of Ahalyā as a licentuous woman has been mentioned by Vātsyāyāna in his Kåmasutra. Vātsyāyana refers to Ahalyā as the active actress in the scene of adultery with Indra.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misconstruction of licentious"
      ],
      "id": "en-licentuous-en-adj-pacOMV7t",
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        [
          "licentious",
          "licentious#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "misconstruction"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/laɪˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.əs/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "licentuous"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more licentuous",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most licentuous",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "name": "en-adj"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "word": "licentious"
        }
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        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1840, John Bellenden Ker, An Essay on the Archæology of Our Popular Phrases and Nursery Rhymes: Supplement, page 137",
          "text": "[It] is then as […] quent, quynt, gequent, gequynt, worn out, lifeless, consumptive, the past part. of quenen, quynen, and not as Johnson supposed a licentuous use of the above explained quaint, […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1940, Scrutiny: A Quarterly Review, page 362",
          "text": "[…] as the distinctive mark of a Christian king, still exercises its temporary authority; but 'licentuous wickedness' — the adjective is noteworthy — and 'the filthy and contagious clouds' of 'heady murder' threaten to break out at any moment.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1988, Kalyan Kumar Dasgupta et al., Sraddhānjali, Studies in Ancient Indian History: D.C. Sircar Commemoration Volume",
          "text": "The original character of Ahalyā as a licentuous woman has been mentioned by Vātsyāyāna in his Kåmasutra. Vātsyāyana refers to Ahalyā as the active actress in the scene of adultery with Indra.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Misconstruction of licentious"
      ],
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "other": "/laɪˈsɛn.t͡ʃu.əs/"
    }
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  "word": "licentuous"
}