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lascivious
/ləˈsɪvi.əs/
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What does lascivious mean?
adjective
- Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.
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IPA pronunciation
/ləˈsɪvi.əs/
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Why the Comstocks did not forbid it the mails as lewd and lascivious I have never been able to determine.
And then they called me foul adulteress, Lascivious Goth, and all the bitterest terms That ever ear did hear to such effect.
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In such places the children are the victims of all the caprices of doting affection and all the excesses of lascivious cruelty.
Izaak next illustrates his idea of becoming mirth, which excludes 'Scripture jests and lascivious jests,' both of them highly distasteful to anglers.
Sixthly, avoid thinking impure and lascivious thoughts, and do not allow your mind to dwell upon your condition, but cultivate self- control.