Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a licentious manner; with too great freedom; especially, in contempt of law and morality; lasciviously; loosely; dissolutely.
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- adverb In a
licentious manner,rowdily , overwhelmed by passion and without control of appetites (especially sexual appetites).
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- adverb in a licentious and promiscuous manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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He cavorts licentiously with the above-named beauties Laetitia Casta, Anna Mouglalis and Lucy Gordon, respectively.
Tense but Flawed, 'Debt' Defaults on Drama John Anderson 2011
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When the love between them is impaired, R. Akiva acknowledges this as reason for divorce, in contrast to the view that permits the severance of the marital bond only if the husband finds his wife acting licentiously.
Akiva, Rabbi. 2009
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In his words, more than a few of them began to “live licentiously and freely, after the English fashion,” in what he called la vie angloise.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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In his words, more than a few of them began to “live licentiously and freely, after the English fashion,” in what he called la vie angloise.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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If I recommend Elegy to my readers, it is not as a licentiously escapist entertainment, but, rather, as a soberingly eloquent expression of what our lives are all about, whether we want to think about them or not. asarris@observer.com
Sir Ben Kingsley Plays Roth���s Concupiscent Kepesh as Cruz Nudes Up 2008
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Above this table was an oval barometer with a black border enlivened with gilt bands, on which the flies had so licentiously disported themselves that the gilding had become problematical.
Eug�nie Grandet 2007
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I want tough Democrats who will talk about balancing the budget, instead of the spineless economic path Bush has licentiously pursued.
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I want tough Democrats who will talk about balancing the budget, instead of the spineless economic path Bush has licentiously pursued.
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A few years later, a House of Commons committee was sent with a body of soldiers to Somerset House, where the chapel was “licentiously rifled.”
The Dragon’s Trail Joanna Pitman 2006
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I want tough Democrats who will talk about balancing the budget, instead of the spineless economic path Bush has licentiously pursued.
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