lascivious
pronunciation
How to pronounce lascivious in British English:
UK [ləˈsɪviəs]
How to pronounce lascivious in American English:
US [ləˈsɪviəs]
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- Adjective:
- driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
Word Origin
- lascivious
- lascivious: see lust
- lascivious (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French lascivieux or directly from Late Latin lasciviosus (used in a scolding sense by Isidore and other early Church writers), from Latin lascivia "lewdness, playfulness, frolicsomeness, jolity," from lascivus "lewd, playful, frolicsome, wanton," from PIE *las-ko-, from *las- "to be eager, wanton, or unruly" (cognates: Sanskrit -lasati "yearns," lasati "plays, frolics," Hittite ilaliya- "to desire, covet," Greek laste "harlot," Old Church Slavonic laska "flattery," Slovak laska "love," Old Irish lainn "greedy," Gothic lustus, Old English lust "lust"). Related: Lasciviously; lasciviousness. In 17c. also with a verbal form, lasciviate.
Example
- 1. The minister 's catis a lascivious cat .
- 2. Such gimmicks are common in thamel 's bars , where competition for lascivious males is fierce .
- 3. He wanted to protect frances from unscrupulous or lascivious men .
- 4. I was there to protect her from the importunities of unscrupulous and lascivious men .
- 5. Is lascivious online content , traditionally on top , losing its lustre ?