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UK
/lɐsˈɪvɪəs/
]
[ US /ɫəˈsɪviəs/ ]
[ US /ɫəˈsɪviəs/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
libidinous orgies
How To Use lascivious In A Sentence
- Thanks to her looks, blonde hair and figure, being chatted up by lascivious males was an ongoing nuisance.
- Two hours later, what had been the erect image of a gigantic coal-porter turned miraculously white, was now no more than a medley of disjected members; the quadragenarian torso prone against the pedestal; the lascivious countenance leering down the kitchen stair; the legs, the arms, the hands, and even the fingers, scattered broadcast on the lobby floor. The Wrong Box
- At Waimea the women danced a hula, which the sailors found quite lascivious.
- May we meet again," answered the Cardassian woman with a smile that could only be called lascivious. Antimatter
- Lasciviously, this is one of the noticias de peru blastomycotic titian spelaeology, as intemperately as synezesis who are ignominious to skeletal up. Rational Review
- The contrast between the lascivious leers of the Duke who anticipates his prize, and the heartbroken, genuine love of Christian, underscores magnificently the tragedy of Satine's death.
- Gradually, as lascivious sapphic tendencies become apparent, the gulf in sexual mores between the youthful maid and her venerable employers becomes more pronounced.
- Play poker" thousands" of fully comparable to the magician, to become a true all-around ' Cyclops ' must practice the lascivious child, but which is also the most difficult to practice.
- His articles and alliteration (Lord Dudley was accused of ‘libidinous lecheries and lascivious lapses’) were immensely popular with the working class and Truth's circulation skyrocketed.
- Far from an image one would readily conjure up as a waltz, La Valse's sexually provocative choreography was reminiscent of Glen Tetley's lascivious Rite of Spring.