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licentious |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Licentious \Li*cen"tious\ (-sh[u^]s), a. [L. licentiosus: cf F. licencieux See {License}.] 1. Characterized by license; passing due bounds; excessive; abusive of freedom; wantonly offensive; as a licentious press. A wit that no licentious pertness knows --Savage. 2. Unrestrained by law or morality; lawless; immoral; dissolute; lewd; lascivious; as a licentious man; a licentious life. ``Licentious wickedness.'' --Shak. Syn: Unrestrained; uncurbed; uncontrolled; unruly; riotous; ungovernable; wanton; profligate; dissolute; lax; loose; sensual; impure; unchaste; lascivious; immoral. -- {Li*cen"tious*ly}, adv -- {Li*cen"tious*ness}, n. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: licentious adj : lacking moral discipline; especially sexually unrestrained; "coarse and licentious men"
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