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lasciviousness

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las·civ·i·ous  (l-sv-s)
adj.
1. Given to or expressing lust; lecherous.
2. Exciting sexual desires; salacious.
[Middle English, from Late Latin lascvisus, from Latin lascvia, lewdness, playfulness, from lascvus, lustful, playful; see las- in Indo-European roots.]
las·civi·ous·ly adv.
las·civi·ous·ness n.
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Noun1.lasciviousness - feeling morbid sexual desire or a propensity to lewdness
carnality, lubricity, prurience, pruriency
amativeness, sexiness, amorousness, eroticism, erotism - the arousal of feelings of sexual desire


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The two brigands looked at each other for a moment -- the one with a smile of lasciviousness on his lips, the other with the pallor of death on his brow.
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