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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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