adj
Meaning 1
Wanton; lewd, driven by lust, lustful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lascivious
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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ləsĭʹvi.əs
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Received-Pronunciation: /ləˈsɪvɪ.əs/
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Received-Pronunciation: /-vi.əs/
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General-American: /ləˈsɪvi.əs/
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CMU ARPABET: L AH0 S IH1 V IY0 AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adjective satellite
Meaning 2
driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- libidinous orgies
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: lewd, libidinous, lustful
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
From Latin lascīviōsus, from lascīvia (“sportiveness, lustfulness”).
Across languages
Translations
77 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: epshor — wanton
- Arabic: شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy) — wanton
- Arabic: شَبِق (šabiq) — wanton
- Arabic: غَلِم (ḡalim) — wanton
- Belarusian: юрлі́вы (jurlívy) — wanton
- Belarusian: маркатлі́вы (markatlívy) — wanton
- Belarusian: блудлі́вы (bludlívy) — wanton
- Belarusian: распу́сны (raspúsny) — wanton
- Belarusian: пажа́длівы (pažádlivy) — wanton
- Bulgarian: похотли́в (pohotlív) — wanton
- Catalan: lasciu — wanton
- Chinese Mandarin: 好色 (hàosè) — wanton
- Chinese Mandarin: 淫蕩 /淫荡 (yíndàng) — wanton
- Czech: chlípný — wanton
- Czech: vilný — wanton
- Czech: smyslný — wanton
- Czech: lascivní — wanton
- Danish: liderlig — wanton
- Danish: kåd — wanton
- Danish: lysten — wanton
- Dutch: wellustig — wanton
- Finnish: epäsiveellinen — wanton
- Finnish: irstas — wanton
- Finnish: hekumallinen — wanton
- Finnish: rietas — wanton
- Finnish: himokas — wanton
- French: lascif — wanton
- French: lubrique — wanton
- German: lüstern — wanton
- German: lasziv — wanton
- Greek: λάγνος (lágnos) — wanton
- Greek: ασελγής (aselgís) — wanton
- Ancient Greek: λάγνος (lágnos) — wanton
- Ancient Greek: μάχλος (mákhlos) — wanton
- Hebrew: תַּאַוְתָנִי — wanton
- Irish: drúisiúil — wanton
- Irish: áilíosach — wanton
- Irish: macnasach — wanton
- Irish: ainmhianach — wanton
- Italian: lascivo — wanton
- Japanese: 嫌らしい (iyarashii) — wanton
- Japanese: エッチ (etchi) — wanton
- Japanese: 淫蕩な (intō na) — wanton
- Korean: 음탕하다 (eumtanghada) — wanton
- Latin: salāx — wanton
- Latin: lascīvus — wanton
- Macedonian: похотлив (pohotliv) — wanton
- Māori: tīweka — wanton
- Māori: tūkari — wanton
- Norwegian: lidderlig — wanton
- Norwegian: vellystig — wanton
- Persian: شهوتی (šahvati) — wanton
- Polish: frywolny — wanton
- Polish: rozpustny — wanton
- Polish: lubieżny — wanton
- Polish: wyuzdany — wanton
- Portuguese: lascivo — wanton
- Romanian: lasciv — wanton
- Russian: похотли́вый (poxotlívyj) — wanton
- Russian: развра́тный (razvrátnyj) — wanton
- Russian: блудли́вый (bludlívyj) — wanton
- Russian: распу́щенный (raspúščennyj) — wanton
- Russian: распу́тный (raspútnyj) — wanton
- Russian: сладостра́стный (sladostrástnyj) — wanton
- Serbo-Croatian: ласциван — wanton
- Serbo-Croatian: похотљив — wanton
- Serbo-Croatian: lascivan — wanton
- Serbo-Croatian: pohotljiv — wanton
- Slovak: lascívny — wanton
- Spanish: lascivo — wanton
- Swedish: vällustig — wanton
- Swedish: liderlig — wanton
- Tagalog: hitad — wanton
- Tagalog: malanya — wanton
- Turkish: şehvetli — wanton
- Ukrainian: хти́вий (xtývyj) — wanton
- Ukrainian: похітли́вий (poxitlývyj) — wanton