Hypertext Webster Gateway: "licentiously"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Licentious \Li*cen"tious\ (-sh[u^]s), a. [L. licentiosus: cf. F.
licencieux. See {License}.]
1. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive;
abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as, a licentious
press.

A wit that no licentious pertness knows. --Savage.

2. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral;
dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as, a licentious man; a
licentious life. ``Licentious wickedness.'' --Shak.

Syn: Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous;
ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose;
sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral. --
{Li*cen"tious*ly}, adv. -- {Li*cen"tious*ness}, n.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

licentiously
adv : in a licentious and promiscuous manner; "this young girl has
to share a room with her mother who lives
promiscuously" [syn: {wantonly}, {promiscuously}]


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