lasciviousness

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UK/ləˈsɪvɪ.əsnəs/US/ləˈsɪvi.əsnəs/

noun

The characteristic or state of being lascivious.

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Meanings

nounlasciviousness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe characteristic or state of being lascivious.

    Diodorus Siculus bears out this, and states that the goat was made a god on account of its genital member and lasciviousness.

    1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 29
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    For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed euill thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, / Thefts, couetouſneſſe, wickedneſſe, deceit, laſciuiouſneſſe, an euill eye, blaſphemie, pride, fooliſhneſſe: / All theſe euill things come from within, and defile the man.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 7:21–23, column 1

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfeeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness

Similar
pruriencepruriencycarnalitylubricity
Broader
amorousnesseroticismerotism
Also see
bawdinesscarnalitylubricitylustfulnesspruriencepruriencysalaciousness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From lascivious + -ness.

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Translations

Catalan lascívia
  • lascíviacharacteristic or state of being lascivious
Chinese Mandarin 淫蕩 /淫荡
  • 淫蕩 /淫荡 (yíndàng)characteristic or state of being lascivious
Finnish irstaus
  • irstauscharacteristic or state of being lascivious
French lascivité
  • lascivitécharacteristic or state of being lascivious
German Laszivität, Lüsternheit
  • Laszivitätcharacteristic or state of being lascivious
  • Lüsternheitcharacteristic or state of being lascivious
Greek ασέλγεια, λαγνεία
  • ασέλγεια (asélgeia)characteristic or state of being lascivious
  • λαγνεία (lagneía)characteristic or state of being lascivious
Irish anmhacnas, drúisiúlacht
  • anmhacnascharacteristic or state of being lascivious
  • drúisiúlachtcharacteristic or state of being lascivious
Italian lascivia, lascività
  • lasciviacharacteristic or state of being lascivious
  • lascivitàcharacteristic or state of being lascivious
  • libidinositàcharacteristic or state of being lascivious
Japanese 淫奔, 好色
  • 淫奔 (inpon)characteristic or state of being lascivious
  • 好色 (kōshoku)characteristic or state of being lascivious
Māori tūkari
  • tūkaricharacteristic or state of being lascivious
Polish rozpusta
  • rozpustacharacteristic or state of being lascivious
Portuguese lascívia, volúpia
  • lascíviacharacteristic or state of being lascivious
  • volúpiacharacteristic or state of being lascivious
Romanian lascivitate
  • lascivitatecharacteristic or state of being lascivious
Russian похотли́вость, распу́тство
  • похотли́вость (poxotlívostʹ)characteristic or state of being lascivious
  • распу́тство (raspútstvo)characteristic or state of being lascivious
Spanish lascivia
  • lasciviacharacteristic or state of being lascivious
Tagalog kahitaran
  • kahitarancharacteristic or state of being lascivious
Cite this entry
APA

lasciviousness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lasciviousness

MLA

“lasciviousness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lasciviousness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lasciviousness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lasciviousness.

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