Lascivious
[ luh-siv-ee-uh s ]
adjective
1. feeling or revealing an overt and often offensive sexual desire
2. inclined to feeling sexual desire
3. arousing sexual desire
synonyms
lecherous
wanton
lustful
libidinous
lewd
licentious
origin
1400–50; late Middle English < Latin lascīvi[a] playfulness, wantonness (equivalent to lascīv[us] 'playful, wanton' + -ia) + -ous meaning full of
related forms
lasciviously (adv.), lasciviousness (noun), lascivity (noun)
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