Lascivious: Difference between revisions
Created page with "==English== ===Etymology=== From Latin ''lascīviosus'', from ''lascīvia'' (“sportiveness, lustfulness”). ===Pronunciation=== * Zhuyin (toneless): ㄌㄚ ㄙㄧ ㄈㄧ ㄜ ㄙ * Katakana: ラシヴィアス ===Adjective=== '''lascivious''' (comparative ''more lascivious'', superlative ''most lascivious'') # [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wanton wanton]; [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lewd lewd]; driven by [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lust lust]; [https://en..." |
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* overlascivious | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overlascivious overlascivious] | ||
* lasciviously | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lasciviously lasciviously] | ||
* lasciviousness | * [https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lasciviousness lasciviousness] | ||
====Related terms==== | ====Related terms==== | ||
Revision as of 15:41, 3 April 2026
English
Etymology
From Latin lascīviosus, from lascīvia (“sportiveness, lustfulness”).
Pronunciation
- Zhuyin (toneless): ㄌㄚ ㄙㄧ ㄈㄧ ㄜ ㄙ
- Katakana: ラシヴィアス
Adjective
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”
Synonyms
Derived terms
Related terms
- lascivity
- lascivient
- lasciviency
- lascious
See also
Anagrams
- laviscious