lasciviousness en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ləˈsɪvɪ.əsnəs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ləˈsɪvi.əsnəs/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
- ləsĭʹvi.əs.nəs
Etymology
Etymology tree English lascivious Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English lasciviousness From lascivious + -ness.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The characteristic or state of being lascivious.
Diodorus Siculus bears out this, and states that the goat was made a god on account of its genital member and lasciviousness.
1941, George Ryley Scott, Phallic Worship: A History of Sex and Sex Rites in Relation to the Religions of All Races from Antiquity to the Present Day, London: T. Werner Laurie, page 29: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.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Mark 7:21–23, column 1:
Translations (33)
de Lüsternheit (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · el λαγνεία (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · ru похотли́вость (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · el ασέλγεια (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · pt volúpia (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · syc ܫܪܝܬܐ (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · ro lascivitate (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · es lascivia (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · sh rȁskalāšnōst (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · ja 淫奔 (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · mi tūkari (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · hy բղջախոհություն (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · pt lascívia (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · ka ავხორცობა (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · ga anmhacnas (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · sh ра̏скала̄шно̄ст (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · it libidinosità (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · it lascività (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · tl kahitaran (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · syc ܚܘܛܐ (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · got 𐌰𐌲𐌻𐌰𐌹𐍄𐌹 (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · pl rozpusta (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · fr lascivité (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · de Laszivität (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · ru распу́тство (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · ca lascívia (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · fi irstaus (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · cmn 淫蕩 /淫荡 (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · it lascivia (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · tpw poropotara (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · ga drúisiúlacht (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · ja 好色 (characteristic or state of being lascivious) · gl lascivia (characteristic or state of being lascivious)