lascious

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlæʃəs/

Adjective

lascious (comparative more lascious, superlative most lascious)

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

     to depaint lascious wantonnesse

   • 1648, Thomas Beard, The Theatre of Gods Judgements:

     ſo unchaſt and laſcious a woman, and withall barren (for they commonly goe together) that ſhe could never ſatiſfie her unſatiable luſt

References

• “lascious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• ossicula