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(lăs-sĭv′ĭ-ŭs)

Adj.

[L.

lascivia

wantonness, fr.

lascivus

wanton; cf. Gr.

λάσταυροσ

lecherous,

λῆν

to wish, Skr.

lash

to desire.]

Wanton; lewd; lustful;

as,

lascivious

men;

lascivious

desires.

Milton.

Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.

–

Las-civ′i-ous-ly

adv.

–

Las-civ′i-ous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[L. lascivus, from laxus, laxo, to relax, to loosen.]

Loose; wanton; lewd; lustful; as lascivious men; lascivious desires; lascivious eyes.

Soft; wanton; luxurious.

He capers numbly in a lady's chamber, to the lascivious pleasing of a lute.