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Date: 1400-1500
Language: Late Latin
Origin: lasciviosus, from Latin lascivus

lascivious

 adjective
     
las‧civ‧i‧ous
showing strong sexual desire, or making someone feel this way:
a lascivious wink
—lasciviously adverb
—lasciviousness noun [uncountable]
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