Entry Word: lascivious

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society <the authorʼs lascivious comments were enough to cause the editors of the magazine to reject the article> — see obscene 1
2 having a strong sexual desire <all of the debutantes were warned about the lascivious playboy> — see lustful