licentious

English

Alternative forms

• licentuous (misconstruction)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /laɪ.ˈsɛn.ʃəs/

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Adjective

licentious (comparative more licentious, superlative most licentious)

1. Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled
   • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney: Ure Smith, published 1965, page 228:

     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.

2. Disregarding accepted rules.

Derived terms

• licentiously
• licentiousness

Related terms

• license

Translations

lacking restraint, particularly in sexual conduct

• Bulgarian: разпуснат (bg) (razpusnat), разгулен (bg) (razgulen)
• Danish: hæmningsløs, utøjlet, tøjlesløs
• Dutch: wellustig (nl), wulps (nl), licentieus
• Finnish: siveetön (fi), rietas, estoton (fi), epäsiveellinen, räävitön (fi), hillitön (fi)
• French: voluptueux (fr), leste (fr)
• German: hemmungslos (de), zügellos (de), unzüchtig (de) (sexually), ausschweifend (de) (loosely)
• Greek: ακόλαστος (el) (akólastos)

  Ancient: ἀσελγής (aselgḗs)

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• Hebrew: הוֹלֵל m (holél)
• Hungarian: szabados (hu), kicsapongó (hu)
• Irish: ainrianta, drabhlásach
• Japanese: 猥褻な (わいせつ-な. waisetsu-na)
• Latin: licens
• Romanian: licențios (ro)
• Russian: безнра́вственный (ru) (beznrávstvennyj), распу́щенный (ru) (raspúščennyj), развра́тный (ru) (razvrátnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: preslobodan m, raspušten (sh)
• Slovene: razuzdan

disregarding accepted rules

• Danish: oprørsk, egenrådig
• Dutch: non-conformistisch, vrijgevochten (nl)
• Finnish: vallaton (fi), pidäkkeetön, estoton (fi), räävitön (fi), hillitön (fi)
• French: licencieux (fr)
• German: regellos, willkürlich (de), unorthodox (de), ungehörig (societal rules), ungebührlich (de) (societal rules), sit­ten­wid­rig (societal rules)
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• Greek: ελευθέριος (el) (elefthérios)
• Irish: ainrianta
• Japanese: 破格の (はかく-の, hakaku-no)
• Romanian: licențios (ro)
• Russian: во́льный (ru) (vólʹnyj)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} losbandig (nl)
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} licenzioso (it)
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• Korean: ^{(please verify)} 방자한
• Latin: ^{(please verify)} licentiosus
• Spanish: ^{(please verify)} licencioso (es)

See also

• incontinent