libidinous
/lɪˈbɪ.dɪ.nəs/
libidinous adjective: having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
Adjective
libidinous (comparative more libidinous, superlative most libidinous)
- Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
- It is observed, that the red haired of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity.1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. […] [Gulliver’s Travels], volume II, London: […] Benj[amin] Motte, […], →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms)
- Stramonium seed, mixed with wine, produces, according to a seventeenth century erotologist, libidinous activity.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 229
- Synonyms:
- hot to trot
- Of or relating to the libido.
libidinous meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam
libidinous in Hindi
- libidinous
- कामी kāmī
libidinous in Urdu
- جنسی طلب والا
libidinous in Bengali
- having lustful desires
- কামাসক্ত kamaśokto, কামুক kamuk
libidinous in Malayalam
- lecherous, lustful, lascivious
- കാമാസക്ത, കാമാസക്തിമുഴുത്ത, സ്ത്രീലമ്പടനായ, കാമദാഹമുള്ള, വ്യഭിചാരിയായ, അധികാമ
More languagesFewer languages
- libidinous in Arabic
- شَهْوَانِيّ šahwāniyy, شَبِق šabiq, غَلِم ḡalim
Synonyms of libidinous
Forms of libidinous
| comparative | more libidinous |
|---|---|
| superlative | most libidinous |
Origin of libidinous
From Middle English libidinous, borrowed from Latin libīdinōsus.
Words formed from libidinous
Questions about libidinous
- What does libidinous mean?
- Libidinous means having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
- What is libidinous in Hindi?
- Libidinous in Hindi is कामी (kāmī). See Libidinous meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is libidinous?
- Libidinous is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce libidinous?
- Libidinous is pronounced /lɪˈbɪ.dɪ.nəs/.
Words near libidinous in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: libidinous (page history and authors); कामी (Hindi) (page history and authors); libidinous (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); libidinous (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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