Definition of Lascivious

1. Adjective. Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires. "Libidinous orgies"

Exact synonyms: Lewd, Libidinous, Lustful
Similar to: Sexy
Derivative terms: Lasciviousness, Libido, Lustfulness

Definition of Lascivious

1. a. Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires.

Definition of Lascivious

1. Adjective. Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lascivious

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lascivious

larynx
larynxes
larypgismus
las
lasagna
lasagna code
lasagnas
lasagne
lasagnes
lasalocid
lascar
lascars
lascious
lasciviency
lascivient
lascivious (current term)
lasciviously
lasciviousness
lascivities
lascivity
lase
lased
laser
laser-doppler flowmetry
laser-guided bomb
laser-gun
laser-plasma accelerator
laser angioplasty
laser beam

Literary usage of Lascivious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"The question what constitutes obscene, lewd, lascivious, or indecent ... 2658], making it criminal to transmit any obscene, lewd, or lascivious book, etc., ..."

2. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by David Shephard Garland, John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie (1890)
"Open gross lewdness or lascivious conduct is indictable as a misdemeanor at common ... lascivious has an appropriate meaning and signifies the exercise of ..."

3. Digest of the Decisions of the Courts of Common Law and Admiralty in the by Theron Metcalf, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins, George Ticknor Curtis (1863)
"Evidence of secret or private lewdness and lascivious behavior will not support an indictment for open, gross lewdness and lascivious behavior. ..."

4. Criminology by Raffaele Garofalo (1914)
"The Punishment of lascivious Criminals ^ It now becomes necessary to speak of those offenders against chastity who cannot be ranged among the violent ..."

5. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Lewd and lascivious conduct.—Words, gestures or acts suggestive of impure thoughts or passions, if indulged in in private, are beyond the cognizance of the ..."

6. The Police Power, Public Policy and Constitutional Rights by Ernst Freund (1904)
"Lewd and lascivious conduct.—Words, gestures or acts suggestive of impure thoughts or passions, if indulged in in private, are beyond the cognizance of the ..."

7. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1831)
"The lascivious form of a naked Venus was tortured into the discovery of some moral precept, or some physical truth ; and the castration of Atys explained ..."

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