noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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ləsĭʹvi.əs.nəs
Received-Pronunciation:/ləˈsɪvɪ.əsnəs/
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General-American:/ləˈsɪvi.əsnəs/
1
noun
Meaning 1
The characteristic or state of being lascivious.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Etymology tree English lascivious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English lasciviousness From lascivious + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
33 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Aramaic:
ܚܘܛܐ
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Aramaic:
ܫܪܝܬܐ
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Armenian:
բղջախոհություն
(bġǰaxohutʻyun)
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Catalan:
lascívia
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Chinese Mandarin:
淫蕩 /淫荡
(yíndàng)
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Finnish:
irstaus
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
French:
lascivité
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Galician:
lascivia
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Georgian:
ავხორცობა
(avxorcoba)
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
German:
Laszivität
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
German:
Lüsternheit
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Gothic:
𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌹
(aglaiti)
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Greek:
ασέλγεια
(asélgeia)
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Greek:
λαγνεία
(lagneía)
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Irish:
anmhacnas
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Irish:
drúisiúlacht
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Italian:
lascivia
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Italian:
lascività
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Italian:
libidinosità
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Japanese:
淫奔
(inpon)
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Japanese:
好色
(kōshoku)
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Māori:
tūkari
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Old Tupi:
poropotara
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Polish:
rozpusta
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Portuguese:
lascívia
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Portuguese:
volúpia
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Romanian:
lascivitate
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Russian:
похотли́вость
(poxotlívostʹ)
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Russian:
распу́тство
(raspútstvo)
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Serbo-Croatian:
ра̏скала̄шно̄ст
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Serbo-Croatian:
rȁskalāšnōst
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Spanish:
lascivia
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
Tagalog:
kahitaran
— characteristic or state of being lascivious
