Lās'ci-ōūs1, a.
a. Loose; lascivious. [Obs.] “To depaint lascious wantonness.” Holland.
2 entries under this word
Lascivious
Las-cĭv'i-ous2, a.
a. [Lat. lascivia, wantonness, from lascivus, wanton, for laxivus, from laxus, loose, lax; It. & Sp. lascivo, Fr. lascif.]
- Loose; wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires; lascivious eyes. Milton.
- Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.
He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. Shak.