Antonyms for lascivious
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : luh-siv-ee-uh s |
| Phonetic Transcription : ləˈsɪv i əs |
Definition of lascivious
Origin :- mid-15c., from Middle French lascivieux or directly from Late Latin lasciviosus (used in a scolding sense by Isidore and other early Church writers), from Latin lascivia "lewdness, playfulness, frolicsomeness, jolity," from lascivus "lewd, playful, frolicsome, wanton," from PIE *las-ko-, from *las- "to be eager, wanton, or unruly" (cf. Sanskrit -lasati "yearns," lasati "plays, frolics," Hittite ilaliya- "to desire, covet," Greek laste "harlot," Old Church Slavonic laska "flattery," Slovak laska "love," Old Irish lainn "greedy," Gothic lustus, Old English lust "lust"). Related: Lasciviously; lasciviousness. In 17c. also with a verbal form, lasciviate.
- adj sexually aroused; displaying excessive interest in sex
- He might degrade Marcolina by mockery and lascivious phrases, full of innuendo.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- But you sha'n't say nor do your lascivious tricks before me, I warrant you.
- Extract from : « The Politician Out-Witted » by Samuel Low
- Had not the stage lowered music to the position of a lascivious handmaiden?
- Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker
- Admit that it is not lascivious; who will pretend that it is essentially graceful?
- Extract from : « Glances at Europe » by Horace Greeley
- They were celebrated by courtesans with processions, lascivious pantomimes, etc.
- Extract from : « Folkways » by William Graham Sumner
- What is there so lascivious in all my verses compared with that one line?
- Extract from : « The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura » by Lucius Apuleius
- A lascivious woman cannot be restrained even by being guarded.
- Extract from : « The Kath Sarit Sgara » by Somadeva Bhatta
- I wouldn't let my brother, not even my own brother, most lascivious thing.
- Extract from : « Ulysses » by James Joyce
- The dances are always immodest, often lascivious and grossly indecent.
- Extract from : « The History of Prostitution » by William W. Sanger
- She cares not to sit among the women when they indulge in lascivious chatter.
- Extract from : « Greek Women » by Mitchell Carroll
Synonyms for lascivious
- bawdy
- blue
- bodily
- carnal
- coarse
- crude
- evil-minded
- fast
- fleshly
- gross
- hard-core
- hot
- immoral
- incontinent
- indecent
- lecherous
- lewd
- libertine
- libidinous
- licentious
- low-down
- lubricious
- lustful
- nasty
- obscene
- off-color
- offensive
- orgiastic
- pornographic
- prurient
- randy
- raunchy
- raw
- ribald
- rough
- salacious
- scurrilous
- sensual
- smutty
- soft-core
- steamy
- suggestive
- unchaste
- voluptuous
- vulgar
- wanton
- X-rated
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