licentious
/laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/
licentious adjective: lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
Adjective
licentious (comparative more licentious, superlative most licentious)
- Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- His eyes trailed over her feline pose on the sofa, finding her limbs adorable while he tried exasperatedly to extract the truth of licentious revelations from them.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 228
- Disregarding accepted rules.
licentious meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
licentious in Hindi
- lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct
- उच्छृंखल ucchŕṅkhal, व्यभिचारी vyabhicārī, निर्लज्ज nirlajj, स्वैरचारी svaircārī, लंपट lampaṭ, कामी kāmī
licentious in Tamil
- இழிந்த, கட்டுப்பாடற்ற, மிகு சிற்றின்ப பற்றுள்ள, விதிகளுக்குட்படாத
licentious in Urdu
- آبرو باختہ, عیاش, رندانہ, شہوت پرست
licentious in Malayalam
- debauched, dissolute, dissipated
- വിഷയാക്ത, ദുരാചാര, ചാരിത്രഹീന, ദുർവൃത്തനായ, കാമിക, വിഷയാസക്തിയുള്ള
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- licentious in Kannada
- ಸ್ವೇಚ್ಛಾಚಾರಿಯಾದ, ವಿಷಯ ಲಂಪಟನಾದ, ನಿಯಮೋಲ್ಲಂಘನೆಯ, ಸ್ವಚ್ಛಂದ ವೃತ್ತಿಯ
- licentious in Sanskrit
- उच्छृङ्खल ucchṛṅkhala, व्यभिचारी vyabhicārī, निर्लज्ज nirlajja, स्वैरचारी svairacārī
- licentious in Tagalog
- haliparót, malanyâ, talipandás
- licentious in Arabic
- إِبَاحِيّ ʔibāḥiyy
- licentious in Vietnamese
- trai lơ, phong lưu
Forms of licentious
| comparative | more licentious |
|---|---|
| superlative | most licentious |
| alternative form | licentuous |
Origin of licentious
From Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).
Words formed from licentious
Words that rhyme with licentious
Questions about licentious
- What does licentious mean?
- Licentious means lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
- What is licentious in Hindi?
- Licentious in Hindi is उच्छृंखल (ucchŕṅkhal), व्यभिचारी (vyabhicārī), निर्लज्ज (nirlajj). See Licentious meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is licentious?
- Licentious is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce licentious?
- Licentious is pronounced /laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/.
Words near licentious in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: licentious (page history and authors); licentious (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); licentious (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); licentious (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); licentious (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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