lasciviousness

lasciviousness
The state or characteristic of being lascivious.

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  • lasciviousness — index debauchery Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 lasciviousness …   Law dictionary

  • lasciviousness — las*civ i*ous*ness n. The state or habitual condition of feeling an excessive or morbid sexual desire. Syn: prurience, pruriency, carnality. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lasciviousness — lascivious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling or showing an overt or offensive sexual desire. DERIVATIVES lasciviously adverb lasciviousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin lascivia lustfulness …   English terms dictionary

  • Lasciviousness — Lascivious Las*civ i*ous (l[a^]s*s[i^]v [i^]*[u^]s), a. [L. lascivia wantonness, fr. lascivus wanton; cf. Gr. la stauros lecherous, lh^n to wish, Skr. lash to desire.] 1. Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires. Milton.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • lasciviousness — noun see lascivious …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • lasciviousness — See lasciviously. * * * …   Universalium

  • lasciviousness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lechery, wantonness, lust, lustfulness; see deSire 3 , lewdness …   English dictionary for students

  • lasciviousness — n. lustfulness, lewdness, lechery …   English contemporary dictionary

  • lasciviousness — n 1. lewdness, lechery, lecherousness, lubricity, goatishness, ruttishness; lust, lustfulness, concupiscence, prurience, pruriency, libidinousness, salacity, salaciousness; carnality, carnalness, car nalism, sensuality, voluptuousness,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • lasciviousness — las·civ·i·ous·ness …   English syllables

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