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Definition of lascivious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

lascivious

adjective
 
/ləˈsɪviəs/
 
/ləˈsɪviəs/
(formal, disapproving)
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  1. feeling or showing strong sexual desire
    • a lascivious person
    • lascivious thoughts
    Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin lasciviosus, from Latin lascivia ‘lustfulness’, from lascivus ‘lustful, wanton’.
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