lascivious Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
    libidinous; lustful; lewd.
    • libidinous orgies

WordNet

Las*civ"i*ous adjective
Etymology
L. lascivia wantonness, fr. lascivus wanton; cf. Gr. () lecherous, () to wish, Skr. lash to desire.
Definitions
  1. Wanton; lewd; lustful; as, lascivious men; lascivious desires. Milton.
  2. Tending to produce voluptuous or lewd emotions.
    He capers nimbly in a lady's chamber To the lascivious pleasing of a lute. Shak.
    -- Las*civ"i*ous*ly, adv. -- Las*civ"i*ous*ness, n.

Webster 1913