licentious

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
16
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/laɪˈsɛn.ʃəs/

Definition of licentious

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
    “His eyes trailed over her feline pose on the sofa, finding her limbs adorable while he tried exasperatedly to extract the truth of licentious revelations from them.”
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adj

  1. Lacking restraint, or ignoring societal standards, particularly in sexual conduct; sexually unprincipled.
    “His eyes trailed over her feline pose on the sofa, finding her limbs adorable while he tried exasperatedly to extract the truth of licentious revelations from them.”
  2. Disregarding accepted rules.

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Etymology

From Latin licentiōsus, from licentia (“license, freedom”).

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