Word:
Lascivious
Status:
Adjective
Meaning:
Filled with or showing sexual desire.
Sentences:
1) He was arrested for lewd and lascivious behaviour.
2) He was fired for making lascivious remarks to a co-worker
Origin:
Middle English, from Old Latin lasciviosus, from Latin lascivia.
First use:
15th century
Synonyms:
bawdy, blue, coarse, obscene, filthy, vulgar, indecent, lewd
Antonyms:
clean, decent, G-rated, nonobscene, wholesome.
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