Meanings
comparative more lascivious · superlative most lascivious
- Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.
The colonel and his sponsor made a queer contrast: Greystone [the sponsor] long and stringy, with a face that seemed as if a cold wind was eternally playing on it. […] But there was not a more lascivious reprobate and gourmand in all London than this same Greystone.
1908, W[illiam] B[lair] M[orton] Ferguson, chapter I, in Zollenstein, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC1 more example
Sir, I will answer anything. But I beseech you, if't be your pleasure and most wise consent, as partly I find it is, that your fair daughter, at this odd-even and dull watch o'the night, transported with no worse nor better guard but with a knave of common hire, a gondolier, to the gross clasps of a lascivious Moor – if this be known to you, and your allowance, we then have done you bold and saucy wrongs; but if you know not this, my manners tell me we have your wrong rebuke.
c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i]
Synonyms & antonyms
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivedriven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinlascīviōsus
- Englishlascivious
From Latin lascīviōsus, from lascīvia (“sportiveness, lustfulness”).
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λάγνος, μάχλος
- λάγνος (lágnos)wanton
- μάχλος (mákhlos)wanton
Arabic شَهْوَانِيّ, شَبِق
- شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy)wanton
- شَبِق (šabiq)wanton
- غَلِم (ḡalim)wanton
Bulgarian похотли́в
- похотли́в (pohotlív)wanton
Catalan lasciu
- lasciuwanton
Chinese Mandarin 好色, 淫蕩 /淫荡
- 好色 (hàosè)wanton
- 淫蕩 /淫荡 (yíndàng)wanton
Czech chlípný, vilný
- chlípnýwanton
- vilnýwanton
- smyslnýwanton
- lascivníwanton
Danish liderlig, kåd
- liderligwanton
- kådwanton
- lystenwanton
Dutch wellustig
- wellustigwanton
Finnish epäsiveellinen, irstas
- epäsiveellinenwanton
- irstaswanton
- hekumallinenwanton
- rietaswanton
- himokaswanton
French lascif, lubrique
- lascifwanton
- lubriquewanton
German lüstern, lasziv
- lüsternwanton
- laszivwanton
Greek λάγνος, ασελγής
- λάγνος (lágnos)wanton
- ασελγής (aselgís)wanton
Hebrew תַּאַוְתָנִי
- תַּאַוְתָנִיwanton
Irish drúisiúil, áilíosach
- drúisiúilwanton
- áilíosachwanton
- macnasachwanton
- ainmhianachwanton
Italian lascivo
- lascivowanton
Japanese 嫌らしい, エッチ
- 嫌らしい (iyarashii)wanton
- エッチ (etchi)wanton
- 淫蕩な (intō na)wanton
Korean 음탕하다
- 음탕하다 (eumtanghada)wanton
Latin salāx, lascīvus
- salāxwanton
- lascīvuswanton
Māori tīweka, tūkari
- tīwekawanton
- tūkariwanton
Norwegian lidderlig, vellystig
- lidderligwanton
- vellystigwanton
Persian شهوتی
- شهوتی (šahvati)wanton
Polish frywolny, rozpustny
- frywolnywanton
- rozpustnywanton
- lubieżnywanton
- wyuzdanywanton
Portuguese lascivo
- lascivowanton
Romanian lasciv
- lascivwanton
Russian похотли́вый, развра́тный
- похотли́вый (poxotlívyj)wanton
- развра́тный (razvrátnyj)wanton
- блудли́вый (bludlívyj)wanton
- распу́щенный (raspúščennyj)wanton
- распу́тный (raspútnyj)wanton
- сладостра́стный (sladostrástnyj)wanton
Slovak lascívny
- lascívnywanton
Spanish lascivo
- lascivowanton
Swedish vällustig, liderlig
- vällustigwanton
- liderligwanton
Tagalog hitad, malanya
- hitadwanton
- malanyawanton
Turkish şehvetli
- şehvetliwanton
Ukrainian хти́вий, похітли́вий
- хти́вий (xtývyj)wanton
- похітли́вий (poxitlývyj)wanton
Cite this entry
lascivious. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lascivious
“lascivious.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lascivious. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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