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lascious en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈlæʃəs/

Etymology

From Latin lascīviōsus, from lascīvia, from lascīvus. By surface analysis, Latin lasc(īvus) + -i- + -ous.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) loose or lustful
   • ſo unchaſt and laſcious a woman, and withall barren (for they commonly goe together) that ſhe could never ſatiſfie her unſatiable luſt 1648, Thomas Beard, The Theatre of Gods Judgements:
   • to depaint lascious wantonnesse 1601, C[aius] Plinius Secundus [i.e., Pliny the Elder], “(please specify |book=I to XXXVII)”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Historie of the World. Commonly Called, The Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. […], (please specify |tome=1 or 2), London: […] Adam Islip, →OCLC:

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