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lasciviousness

Syllables: las·civ·i·ous·ness/ləˈsɪvɪ.əsnəs/US/ləˈsɪvi.əsnəs/

lasciviousness noun: the characteristic or state of being lascivious.

Noun

lasciviousness (uncountable)

  1. The characteristic or state of being lascivious.
    • For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed euill thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, / Thefts, couetouſneſſe, wickedneſſe, deceit, laſciuiouſneſſe, an euill eye, blaſphemie, pride, fooliſhneſſe: / All theſe euill things come from within, and defile the man.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 7:21–23, column 1
    • Diodorus Siculus bears out this, and states that the goat was made a god on account of its genital member and lasciviousness.1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 29

lasciviousness meaning in Tamil, Sanskrit and Tagalog

lasciviousness in Tamil

lasciviousness, lust
மம்மர் mammar

lasciviousness in Sanskrit

lasciviousness, lust
रिरंसा riraṃsā

lasciviousness in Tagalog

characteristic or state of being lascivious
kahitaran

Origin of lasciviousness

From lascivious + -ness.

Questions about lasciviousness

What does lasciviousness mean?
Lasciviousness means the characteristic or state of being lascivious.
What is lasciviousness in Tamil?
Lasciviousness in Tamil is மம்மர் (mammar). See Lasciviousness meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lasciviousness?
Lasciviousness is a noun.
How do you pronounce lasciviousness?
Lasciviousness is pronounced /ləˈsɪvɪ.əsnəs/ (UK).

Words near lasciviousness in the dictionary

  1. lasciviating
  2. lasciviency
  3. lascivient
  4. lascivious
  5. lasciviously
  6. lasciviousness
  7. lascivities
  8. lascivity
  9. Lascola
  10. Lascolas
  11. lase

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lasciviousness (page history and authors); மம்மர் (Tamil) (page history and authors); रिरंसा (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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