'Lascivious' definitions:
Definition of 'lascivious'
From: WordNet
adjective
Driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires; "libidinous orgies" [syn: lascivious, lewd, libidinous, lustful]
Definition of 'Lascivious'
From: GCIDE
- Lascivious \Las*civ"i*ous\ (l[a^]s*s[i^]v"[i^]*[u^]s), a. [L. lascivia wantonness, fr. lascivus wanton; cf. Gr. la`stauros lecherous, lh^n to wish, Skr. lash to desire.]
- 1. Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions. [1913 Webster]
- He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. --Shak. -- {Las*civ"i*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Las*civ"i*ous*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'lascivious'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- amative,
- amatory,
- amorous,
- animal,
- aphrodisiomaniacal,
- appetitive,
- ardent,
- bawdy,
- blue,
- carnal,
- clitoromaniacal,
- coarse,
- concupiscent,
- Cyprian,
- debauched,
- desiderative,
- desireful,
- desiring,
- desirous,
- dirty,
- eager,
- ejaculatory,
- erotic,
- eroticomaniacal,
- erotomaniacal,
- fast,
- Fescennine,
- filthy,
- fleshly,
- goatish,
- gross,
- gynecomaniacal,
- hircine,
- hoping,
- hormic,
- horny,
- hot,
- hot-blooded,
- hysteromaniacal,
- impassioned,
- incontinent,
- indecent,
- itching,
- ithyphallic,
- lecherous,
- lewd,
- libertine,
- libidinal,
- libidinous,
- licentious,
- lickerish,
- loverlike,
- loverly,
- lubricious,
- lubricous,
- lurid,
- lustful,
- needing,
- nymphomaniacal,
- obscene,
- offensive,
- optative,
- orgasmic,
- orgastic,
- passionate,
- pornographic,
- priapic,
- prurient,
- randy,
- ribald,
- ruttish,
- salacious,
- satyric,
- sensual,
- sex-starved,
- sexual,
- sexy,
- smutty,
- steamy,
- tempted,
- unsatisfied,
- vile,
- wanting,
- wanton,
- wishing