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lascious

/ˈlæʃəs/

lascious adjective: loose or lustful.

Adjective

lascious (comparative more lascious, superlative most lascious)

  1. (obsolete) loose or lustful
    • to depaint lascious wantonnesse1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C....
    • ſo unchaſt and laſcious a woman, and withall barren (for they commonly goe together) that ſhe could never ſatiſfie her unſatiable luſt1648, Thomas Beard, The Theatre of Gods Judgements

Forms of lascious

comparativemore lascious
superlativemost lascious

Origin of lascious

From Latin lascīviōsus, from lascīvia, from lascīvus. By surface analysis, Latin lasc(īvus) + -i- + -ous.

Questions about lascious

What does lascious mean?
Lascious means loose or lustful.
What part of speech is lascious?
Lascious is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lascious?
Lascious is pronounced /ˈlæʃəs/.

Words near lascious in the dictionary

  1. Lascaux
  2. Lascelles
  3. Lasch
  4. Laschian
  5. LaScie
  6. lascious
  7. lasciviate
  8. lasciviated
  9. lasciviates
  10. lasciviating
  11. lasciviency

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