Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
lasciviousness — las*civ i*ous*ness n. The state or habitual condition of feeling an excessive or morbid sexual desire. Syn: prurience, pruriency, carnality. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lasciviousness — lascivious ► ADJECTIVE ▪ feeling or showing an overt or offensive sexual desire. DERIVATIVES lasciviously adverb lasciviousness noun. ORIGIN from Latin lascivia lustfulness … English terms dictionary
Lasciviousness — Lascivious Las*civ i*ous (l[a^]s*s[i^]v [i^]*[u^]s), a. [L. lascivia wantonness, fr. lascivus wanton; cf. Gr. la stauros lecherous, lh^n to wish, Skr. lash to desire.] 1. Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires. Milton.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lasciviousness — noun see lascivious … New Collegiate Dictionary
lasciviousness — See lasciviously. * * * … Universalium
lasciviousness — noun The state or characteristic of being lascivious … Wiktionary
lasciviousness — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. lechery, wantonness, lust, lustfulness; see deSire 3 , lewdness … English dictionary for students
lasciviousness — n. lustfulness, lewdness, lechery … English contemporary dictionary
lasciviousness — n 1. lewdness, lechery, lecherousness, lubricity, goatishness, ruttishness; lust, lustfulness, concupiscence, prurience, pruriency, libidinousness, salacity, salaciousness; carnality, carnalness, car nalism, sensuality, voluptuousness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
lasciviousness — las·civ·i·ous·ness … English syllables
