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Webster 1913 Edition

Licentious

Li-cen′tious

(-shŭs)
,
Adj.
[L.
licentiosus
: cf. F.
licencieux
. See
License
.]
1.
Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive;
as, a
licentious
press
.
A wit that no
licentious
pertness knows.
Savage.
2.
Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious;
as, a
licentious
man; a
licentious
life.
“Licentious wickedness.”
Shak.
Syn. – Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral.
–
Li-cen′tious-ly
,
adv.
–
Li-cen′tious-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Licentious

LICEN'TIOUS

,
Adj.
[L. licentiosus.]
1.
Using license; indulging freedom to excess; unrestrained by law or morality; loose; dissolute; as a licentious man.
2.
Exceeding the limits of law or propriety; wanton; unrestrained; as licentious desires. Licentious thoughts precede licentious conduct.

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