lasciviousness

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Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
24
Letters
14
Pronunciation
/ləˈsɪvɪ.əsnəs/
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/ləˈsɪvɪ.əsnəs/ · /ləˈsɪvi.əsnəs/

Definition of lasciviousness

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)The characteristic or state of being lascivious.
    “For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed euill thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, / Thefts, couetouſneſſe, wickedneſſe, deceit, laſciuiouſneſſe, an euill eye, blaſphemie, pride, fooliſhneſſe: / All theſe euill things come from within, and defile the man.”
    “Diodorus Siculus bears out this, and states that the goat was made a god on account of its genital member and lasciviousness.”

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Etymology

From lascivious + -ness.

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