Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having or exhibiting lustful desires; lascivious.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Characterized by lust or lewdness; having or arising from an eager appetite for sexual indulgence; lustful; lewd; also, fitted to excite lustful desire.
- Synonyms Prurient, concupiscent. See list under lascivious.
Wiktionary
- adj. Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness; sensual; lascivious.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. driven by lust; preoccupied with or exhibiting lustful desires
Etymologies
- Latin libidinosus, from libido ‘lust’. (Wiktionary)
- Middle English, from Old French libidineux, from Latin libīdinōsus, from libīdō, libīdin-, lust, desire; see libido. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“It is in this way that what is known as libidinous blood is nursed as well among those who are strictly virtuous, in the ordinary meaning of the term, as among those who are promiscuous in their intercourse.”
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“Johnson is best known as the libidinous and litigious Chuck Tchobanian on the hit 1980s CBC”
“Asked why he promoted such libidinous revelry, he replied, “Why should the devil have all the good times?””
“This guy was a clown on one hand but a legitimate musician and a passionate feeling person and also a libidinous lunatic and also not stupid.”
The Wall Street Journal: A Lyrical Part a Musical Father Plays Best
“Normally when the flock is culled, the weaker sheep are slaughtered, but New York has a plethora of rookies, as a result of libidinous mishaps.”
“He was a showman in the pulpit and a libidinous cad with other women, but at home he was ostracized with a mixture of fear and contempt.”
“The Explorer — the libidinous, creative adventurer who acts “on the spur of the moment.””
“So then the question perhaps becomes, why should we care about these characters and their libidinous vacillations?”
“Just a general frowning, perhaps, towards the careless; the excessively libidinous.”
“Even the most libidinous reader might blush, but there is no lurid intention.”
The Huffington Post: Gordy Grundy: A Wild Life in the Arts: The Indiscretion of James Hayward
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bilby Yes if you're in a bawdy house. Oct 5, 2011
lwg49257925 Does this word mean act in a proper way? Oct 5, 2011