licentious
English
Alternative forms
- licentuous (misconstruction)
Etymology
Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laɪ.ˈsɛn.ʃəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛnʃəs
Adjective
licentious (comparative more licentious, superlative most licentious)
- Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 228:
- His eyes trailed over her feline pose on the sofa, finding her limbs adorable while he tried exasperatedly to extract the truth of licentious revelations from them.
- Disregarding accepted rules.
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Translations
lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
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disregarding accepted rules
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