licentious

English

Etymology

Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”)

Adjective

licentious (comparative more licentious, superlative most licentious)

1. Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct.
2. Disregarding accepted rules.

Derived terms

• licentiousness

See also

• incontinent

Translations

Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct

• Dutch: wellustig (nl), wulps (nl), licentieus (nl)
• French: voluptueux (fr), leste (fr)

• Russian: безнравственный (ru) (beznravstvennyj), распущенный (ru) (raspuščennyj), развратный (ru) (razvratnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: preslobodan (sh) m, raspušten (sh)

Disregard for accepted rules

• Dutch: non-conformistisch (nl), vrijgevochten (nl)

• Russian: вольный (ru) (volʹnyj)

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• Danish: tøjlesløs (da)
• Dutch: losbandig (nl)
• Finnish: irstas (fi), räävitön (fi)
• French: licencieux (fr)
• German: ausschweifend (de)

• Greek: ελευθέριος (el) (eleuthérios)
• Italian: licenzioso (it)
• Korean: 방자한 (ko) (bangjahan)
• Latin: licentiosus (la)
• Spanish: licencioso (es)