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as in obscene
depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society that novel was once regarded as a wanton tale of forbidden love

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wanton

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noun

as in flirt
a person who playfully shows another amorous attention quite the wanton when he wants to be

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“Wanton.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wanton. Accessed 11 Dec. 2023.

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