lasciviate

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verb

To give oneself to lasciviousness; to lust (over).

Scrabble 15

Meanings

verblasciviate (third-person singular simple present lasciviates, present participle lasciviating, simple past and past participle lasciviated)

present singular third person lasciviates · participle present lasciviating · participle past lasciviated · past lasciviated

  1. To give oneself to lasciviousness; to lust (over).

    Fools be those, who let themselves lasciviate in foul sensuality.

    1975, Glen W. Gadberry, Arnolt Bronnen and the Revolt of Youth, page 67
    3 more examples

    She is wholly, infuriatingly desirable, and I would like nothing more from this bleak jungle experience than to lasciviate her head to toe with wet, drenching mouthplay.

    1982, Jonathan Reynolds, Geniuses, page 18

    They'd lust and lasciviate and tickle themselves any old time for fun and pleasure" (p. 44).

    1988, Dialogue - Volume 21, page 170

    The process by which the sexually symbolic is swiftly overwhelmed by Wood's inclination to lasciviate over an inventory of the ideal interior is most visible in the episode describing Isabel's return as governess:

    2005, Ellen Wood, Elisabeth Jay, East Lynne, page xxxiii
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