1.
[syn: prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness, carnality, lubricity]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
lasciviousness \las*civ"i*ous*ness\ n.
The state or habitual condition of feeling an excessive or
morbid sexual desire.
Syn: prurience, pruriency, carnality.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lasciviousness
n 1: feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
[syn: prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness,
carnality, lubricity]