Definition of lascivious
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lasciviously
adverb
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Examples of lascivious in a Sentence
He was arrested for lewd and lascivious behavior.
was fired for making lascivious remarks to a coworker
Recent Examples of lascivious from the Web
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The 66-year-old had recently been convicted of lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old, according to KATU.
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Duran arrived at the prison on July 2 to serve 55 years to life with the possibility of parole for lewd and lascivious acts with a child under 14 years old.
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Reneiro Rodriguez, 43, sits in county jail without bond on nine counts of lewd and lascivious behavior.
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Calderon was arrested in January 2017 and charged in L.A. County Superior Court with committing lewd and lascivious acts with children and assaulting four female inmates under color of authority.
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According to Palm Beach County school police, 34-year-old Eric Wakeley is facing a charge of lewd and lascivious behavior.
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Connie Bertram, the head of Proskauer Rose’s labor and employment practice, has sued the company for paying her less than her male peers, and for top executives allegedly making objectifying and lascivious comments about her.
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Every time the wife, or the woman in the on-high role, defends her husband’s lascivious acts and fails to label him the predator, this garden of evil is fertilized.
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The new complaint charges Allen with 20 felony counts, including seven alleging torture, nine for abuse or endangerment and four for allegedly committing a lewd and lascivious act on a child under 14.
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Origin and Etymology of lascivious
Middle English, from Late Latin lasciviosus, from Latin lascivia wantonness, from lascivus wanton — more at lust
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined above
See Words from the same yearlascivious Synonyms
Synonyms
bawdy, blue, coarse, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, impure, indecent, lewd, nasty, obscene, ribald, smutty, vulgar, wanton;
Antonyms
Near Antonyms
priggish, prim, prudish, puritanical, staid, straitlaced (or straightlaced), Victorian;
correct, decorous, genteel, nice, polite, proper, respectable, seemly;
appropriate, becoming, fit, meet, suitable;
Related Words
broad, coarse-grained, gamy (or gamey), off, off-color (or off-colored), racy, risqué, salacious, salty, suggestive;
immodest, indecorous, indelicate, low, unbecoming;
depraved, kinky, naughty, perverse, perverted, wicked;
exceptionable, objectionable, unacceptable, undesirable, unwanted, unwelcome;
abhorrent, debasing, disgusting, loathsome, offensive, repellent (also repellant), repugnant, repulsive, revolting;
LASCIVIOUS Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of lascivious for English Language Learners
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: filled with or showing sexual desire
Law Dictionary
legal Definition of lascivious
: reflecting or producing sexual desire or behavior especially that is considered indecent or obscene
- lewd and lascivious behavior
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