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lascivious

/ləˈsɪvi.əs/

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What does lascivious mean?

adjective

  1. 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.
H. L. (Henry Louis) MenckenIn Defense of WomenProject Gutenberg ebook #1270
And then they called me foul adulteress, Lascivious Goth, and all the bitterest terms That ever ear did hear to such effect.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
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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.
Bernard ShawTreatise on Parents and ChildrenProject Gutenberg ebook #908
Izaak next illustrates his idea of becoming mirth, which excludes 'Scripture jests and lascivious jests,' both of them highly distasteful to anglers.
Andrew LangIntroduction to the Compleat AnglerProject Gutenberg ebook #2422
Sixthly, avoid thinking impure and lascivious thoughts, and do not allow your mind to dwell upon your condition, but cultivate self- control.
Chas. A. (Charles Alfred) TyrrellThe Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without DrugsProject Gutenberg ebook #3453