Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lascivious"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lascivious \Las*civ"i*ous\, a. [L. lascivia wantonness, fr.
lascivus wanton; cf. Gr. (?) lecherous, (?) to wish, Skr.
lash to desire.]
1. Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious
desires. --Milton.
2. Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.
He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the
lascivious pleasing of a lute. --Shak.
-- {Las*civ"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Las*civ"i*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
lascivious
adj : driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful
desires; "libidinous orgies" [syn: {lewd}, {libidinous},
{lustful}]
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