lascious

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæʃəs/

Adjective

lascious (comparative more lascious, superlative most lascious)

1. (obsolete) loose; lascivious
   • 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the VVorld. Commonly Called, The Natvrall Historie of C. Plinivs Secvndus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, published 1635, →OCLC:

     to depaint lascious wantonnesse

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lascious in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Anagrams

• ossicula