lascivious

adj.

1. Given to or expressing lust; lecherous.
2. Exciting sexual desires; salacious.

[Middle English, from Late Latin lascīviōsus, from Latin lascīvia, lewdness, playfulness, from lascīvus, lustful, playful.]

lasciviously las·civ'i·ous·ly adv.
lasciviousness las·civ'i·ous·ness n.

adjective

1. Feeling or devoted to sexual love or desire: amative, amorous, concupiscent, erotic, lecherous, lewd, libidinous, lustful, lusty, passionate, prurient, sexy. See sex/asexual.
2. Of, concerning, or promoting sexual love or desire: amatory, amorous, aphrodisiac, erotic, salacious, sexual, sexy. See sex/asexual.

adj

Definition: sexually aroused
Antonyms: ascetic, chaste, decent, moral

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This entry contains information applicable to United States law only.

Lewdness; indecency; obscenity; behavior that tends to deprave the morals in regard to sexual relations.

The statutory offense of lascivious cohabitation is committed by two individuals who live together as husband and wife and engage in sexual relations without the sanction of marriage.

IN BRIEF: Lustful.

Garden writing is often very tame, a real waste when you think how opinionated, inquisitive, irreverent and lascivious gardeners themselves tend to be. — Ketzel Levine

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lysten, vellystig, liderlig, lasciv, æggende, pirrende

Nederlands (Dutch)
ontuchtig, onzedelijk, wellustig

Français (French)
adj. - licencieux, lascif

Deutsch (German)
adj. - lasziv, lüstern

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λάγνος, άσεμνος, ακόλαστος

Italiano (Italian)
lascivo

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - lascivo

Русский (Russian)
похотливый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lascivo, lujurioso, voluptuoso

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lysten, vällustig, liderlig, eggande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
好色的, 挑动情欲的, 淫荡的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 好色的, 挑動情欲的, 淫蕩的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 음탕한 , 호색적인 , 도발적인

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - みだらな, 好色な, 挑発的な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) فاسق, داعر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮שטוף-זימה, תאוותני, מעורר תאווה‬

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