lascious

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/ˈlæʃəs/

adjective

loose or lustful

OriginLatin lascīviōsus →
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Meanings

adjectivelascious (comparative more lascious, superlative most lascious)

comparative more lascious · superlative most lascious

  1. obsoleteloose or lustful

    to depaint lascious wantonnesse

    1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC
    1 more example

    ſo unchaſt and laſcious a woman, and withall barren (for they commonly goe together) that ſhe could never ſatiſfie her unſatiable luſt

    1648, Thomas Beard, The Theatre of Gods Judgements

Origin

  1. Latinlascīviōsus
  2. Englishlascious

From Latin lascīviōsus, from lascīvia, from lascīvus. By surface analysis, Latin lasc(īvus) + -i- + -ous.

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