lascivient
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin lasciviens, pr. of lascivire (“to be wanton”), from lascivus. See lascivious.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
lascivient (comparative more lascivient, superlative most lascivient)
- (obsolete) lascivious
- 1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: […] J[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], →OCLC:
- lascivient cruelty
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “lascivient”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
lascīvient