lasciviousness

American  

[luh-siv-ee-uhs-nis] / ləˈsɪv i əs nɪs /

noun

1. unrestrained sexual behavior, or a habitual inclination to such behavior; lustfulness.

   They celebrated their victory with an orgy of drunken lasciviousness.

2. 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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Other Word Forms

• overlasciviousness
  noun

Etymology

Origin of lasciviousness

lascivious ( def. ) + -ness ( def. )

Example Sentences

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lasciviousness

One of the handful of nonnegotiable church reforms demanded by early Lutherans was marriage for clergy as a means of ending hypocrisy and lasciviousness on the part of priests.

From Time Magazine Archive

James laughed when comedian Dave Chappelle mocked him as a high priest of lost talent and lasciviousness; he thought Chappelle should play him in the movie of his life.

From Time Magazine Archive

I detected no hint of lasciviousness in Bill’s voice or manner, certainly no element of pimping; no, he was simply trying to protect me.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

And Mike vowed that he would conquer sloth and lasciviousness, and outrageously triumph in the gaudy, foolish world, and insult his rival with riches and even honour.

From Mike Fletcher A Novel by George (George Augustus) Moore

Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanliness, lasciviousness, idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, 21. 

From General Gordon Saint and Soldier by J. Wardle