libidinist

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English

Etymology

From stem of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin libidinor (I indulge) +‎ -ist

Noun

libidinist (plural libidinists)

  1. (rare) A lecher or oversexed person.
    • 2011, Jeanne McElvaney, Old Maggie’s Spirit Whispers (page 107)
      With one day flowing into another as the short, cold days seemed to hold Paddington Cove in the grip of yearning for spring, Old Maggie thought often of the village's libidinist. Jem's lewd ways had gone unchecked for so many years []