libidinous

WOTD – 29 April 2006    

English

Etymology

Latin libidinosus, from libido ‘lust’.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /lɪˈbɪdɪnəs/

Adjective

libidinous (comparative more libidinous, superlative most libidinous)

1. Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious.
   • 1726, Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels, Part IV, Chapter VIII

     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.

Synonyms

• (having lustful desires): hot to trot, lascivious, lewd, licentious, lustful, wanton

Related terms

• libidinism
• libidinist
• libidinosity

Translations

having lustful desires

• Arabic: فاسق (ar) (faasiq), داعر (ar) (daa`ir), شهواني (ar) (shahwaaniy), شبق (ar) (shabiq), غلم (ar) (ghálim)
• Bengali: কামাসক্ত (bn), কামুক (bn)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 淫蕩 (cmn), 淫荡 (cmn) (yíndàng)

• Czech: libidózní (cs)
• Dutch: wellustig (nl)
• French: libidineux (fr)
• German: lüstern (de)
• Greek: φιλήδονος (philédonos)
• Italian: libidinoso (it)

• Japanese: 嫌らしい (ja) (iyarashii), エッチ (ja) (etchi)
• Korean: 음탕한 (eumtanghan)
• Latin: libidinosus (la)
• Lithuanian: geidulingas (lt), gašlus (lt)
• Macedonian: сладострастен (mk) (sladostrásten) m, раскалашен (mk) (raskálašen) m
• Old English: gālfull (ang), gālliċ (ang)
• Romanian: libidinos (ro)
• Russian: похотливый (ru) (poxotlívyj) , сладострастный (ru) (sladostrástnyj) 
• Spanish: libidinoso (es)