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licentious

[ lahy-sen-shuhs ]

adjective

  1. sexually unrestrained; lascivious; libertine; lewd.
  2. unrestrained by law or general morality; lawless; immoral.

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  3. going beyond customary or proper bounds or limits; disregarding rules.


licentious

/ ɪˈɛʃə /

adjective

  1. sexually unrestrained or promiscuous
  2. rare.
    showing disregard for convention
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳپdzܲԱ, noun
  • ˈԳپdzܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··پdzܲ· adverb
  • ··پdzܲ·Ա noun
  • ԴDz···پdzܲ adjective
  • non···پdzܲ· adverb
  • ····پdzܲ adjective
  • o·ver···پdzܲ· adverb
  • ܲ···پdzܲ adjective
  • un···پdzܲ· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of licentious1

First recorded in 1525–35, licentious is from the Latin word Գپōܲ в԰ٰԱ”; license, -ous
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of licentious1

C16: from Latin Գپōܲ capricious, from licentia licence
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Example Sentences

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But it is par for the course in an administration dominated by licentious, lying lotharios and those who wish to make money off of the backs of the voters.

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Japan and the West had different sexual mores, but Japan’s culture was not particularly licentious or permissive.

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He’s a licentious cad — flip and arrogant, a little romantic but mostly skeevy, and shallow as a Champagne coupe.

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Failing to return Henry Miller’s licentious “Tropic of Cancer,” borrowed two decades earlier.

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In exchange, Zalmy gets to ask Jonathan, who’s about ten years older and infinitely more worldly, about sex in licentious Manhattan.

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