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===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
From Latin ''lascīviosus'', from ''lascīvia'' (“sportiveness, lustfulness”). | From Latin ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lasciviosus lascīviosus]'', from ''[https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lascivia lascīvia]'' (“sportiveness, lustfulness”). | ||
===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
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#* ''Lewd necklines, lascivious dancing, and shameless adultery had brought on the plague.'' — Simon Schama, ''A History of Britain'', Episode 5, “King Death” | #* ''Lewd necklines, lascivious dancing, and shameless adultery had brought on the plague.'' — Simon Schama, ''A History of Britain'', Episode 5, “King Death” | ||
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====Synonyms==== | ====Synonyms==== | ||
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====Related terms==== | ====Related terms==== | ||
* lascivity | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lascivity lascivity] | ||
* lascivient | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lascivient lascivient] | ||
* lasciviency | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lasciviency lasciviency] | ||
* lascious | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lascious lascious] | ||
====See also==== | ====See also==== | ||
* [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lecherous lecherous] | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lecherous lecherous] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:45, 3 April 2026
English
[edit | edit source]Etymology
[edit | edit source]From Latin lascīviosus, from lascīvia (“sportiveness, lustfulness”).
Pronunciation
[edit | edit source]- Zhuyin (toneless): ㄌㄚ ㄙㄧ ㄈㄧ ㄜ ㄙ
- Katakana: ラシヴィアス
Adjective
[edit | edit source]lascivious (comparative more lascivious, superlative most lascivious)
- wanton; lewd; driven by lust; lustful.
- Sir, I will answer anything... to the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor... — William Shakespeare, Othello
- Lewd necklines, lascivious dancing, and shameless adultery had brought on the plague. — Simon Schama, A History of Britain, Episode 5, “King Death”