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lasciviousness
[ luh-siv-ee-uhs-nis ]
/ ləˈsɪv i əs nɪs /
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noun
unrestrained sexual behavior, or a habitual inclination to such behavior; lustfulness: They celebrated their victory with an orgy of drunken lasciviousness.
a lustful or lewd quality; the quality of arousing sexual desire: She smiled with a hint of lasciviousness in her eyes.
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Origin of lasciviousness
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