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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According to the Megan’s Law website, Sullivan was convicted of committing lewd or lascivious acts with a child under 14 years of age by force or fear.
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The doctor's a liar, Benoit's a cheater, Vronsky has borderline personality disorder, Gus is just a lascivious hunter, and Thomas de Geest (Jeroen Perceval) is a minor vigilante superhero.
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Sam Thomas Knight, 40, is being held on $65,000 bail on suspicion of committing lewd and lascivious acts on a child and annoying or molesting children, according to Riverside County jail records.
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Police arrested 52-year-old Ricardo Mata of Charlotte on Friday and charged him with indecent liberties with a minor-lewd and lascivious.
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The owner of an Agoura Hills day care facility was arrested on suspicion of lewd or lascivious acts on a minor, authorities said Tuesday.
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Iowa judge James McGlynn suspended Dean Hilpipre's 10-year jail sentence on Friday and instead ordered him to serve five years probation for lascivious acts with a child.
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The best part of Hedonism isn't the penises or the all-inclusive drinks or the spying on other couples or the Caribbean breezes felt on nipples—not any of the lascivious or lurid stuff.
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The children’s father may have lascivious designs of his own.
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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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