Meanings
comparative more libidinous · superlative most libidinous
- Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
Stramonium seed, mixed with wine, produces, according to a seventeenth century erotologist, libidinous activity.
1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 2291 more example
It is observed, that the red haired of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms)Synonyms: hot to trot
- Of or relating to the libido.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveHaving lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivedriven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinlibīdinōsus
- Middle Englishlibidinous
- Englishlibidinous
From Middle English libidinous, borrowed from Latin libīdinōsus.
More words from Middle English, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λάγνος
- λάγνος (lágnos)having lustful desires
Arabic شَهْوَانِيّ, شَبِق
- شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy)having lustful desires
- شَبِق (šabiq)having lustful desires
- غَلِم (ḡalim)having lustful desires
Bengali কামাসক্ত, কামুক
- কামাসক্ত (kamaśokto)having lustful desires
- কামুক (kamuk)having lustful desires
Bulgarian похотлив
- похотлив (pohotliv)having lustful desires
Catalan libidinós
- libidinóshaving lustful desires
Chinese Mandarin 淫蕩 /淫荡
- 淫蕩 /淫荡 (yíndàng)having lustful desires
Czech libidózní
- libidózníhaving lustful desires
Danish liderlig
- liderlighaving lustful desires
Dutch wellustig
- wellustighaving lustful desires
Finnish himokas
- himokashaving lustful desires
French libidineux
- libidineuxhaving lustful desires
German lüstern, obszön
- lüsternhaving lustful desires
- obszönhaving lustful desires
Greek φιλήδονος, ασελγής
- φιλήδονος (filídonos)having lustful desires
- ασελγής (aselgís)having lustful desires
- λιβιδινικός (lividinikós)having lustful desires
Hebrew היצריות
- היצריותhaving lustful desires
Italian libidinoso
- libidinosohaving lustful desires
Japanese 嫌らしい, エッチ
- 嫌らしい (iyarashii)having lustful desires
- エッチ (etchi)having lustful desires
Korean 음탕한
- 음탕한 (eumtanghan)having lustful desires
Latin libīdinōsus
- libīdinōsushaving lustful desires
Lithuanian geidulingas, gašlus
- geidulingashaving lustful desires
- gašlushaving lustful desires
Māori tūkari, whakatūkari
- tūkarihaving lustful desires
- whakatūkarihaving lustful desires
Polish napalony
- napalonyhaving lustful desires
Portuguese libidinoso
- libidinosohaving lustful desires
Romanian libidinos
- libidinoshaving lustful desires
Russian похотли́вый, сладостра́стный
- похотли́вый (poxotlívyj)having lustful desires
- сладостра́стный (sladostrástnyj)having lustful desires
- сластолюби́вый (slastoljubívyj)having lustful desires
Spanish libidinoso
- libidinosohaving lustful desires
Cite this entry
libidinous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libidinous
“libidinous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libidinous. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “libidinous,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/libidinous.
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