lasciviousness

3 definitions found

lasciviousness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Lascivious \Las*civ"i*ous\ (l[a^]s*s[i^]v"[i^]*[u^]s), a. [L.
     lascivia wantonness, fr. lascivus wanton; cf. Gr. la`stauros
     lecherous, lh^n to wish, Skr. lash to desire.]
     1. Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious
        desires. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber
              To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. --Shak.
        -- Las*civ"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Las*civ"i*ous*ness, n.
        [1913 Webster]

  lasciviousness \las*civ"i*ous*ness\ n.
     The state or habitual condition of feeling an excessive or
     morbid sexual desire.
  
     Syn: prurience, pruriency, carnality.
          [WordNet 1.5]

lasciviousness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lasciviousness
      n 1: feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
           [syn: prurience, pruriency, lasciviousness,
           carnality, lubricity]