English-Thai Dictionary

licentious

ADJ มักมาก ใน กาม  หมกมุ่น ใน โลกีย์ วิสัย  เต็มไปด้วย ราคะ  libertine lustful wanton mak-mak-nai-kam

 

licentious

ADJ ไร้ศีลธรรม  ปราศจาก ศีลธรรม  rai-sin-ra-tam

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LICENTIOUS

a.[L. licentiosus.] 1. Using license; indulging freedom to excess; unrestrained by law or morality; loose; dissolute; as a licentious man.
2. Exceeding the limits of law or propriety; wanton; unrestrained; as licentious desires. Licentious thoughts precede licentious conduct.

 

LICENTIOUSLY

adv. With excess of liberty; in contempt of law and morality.

 

LICENTIOUSNESS

n.Excessive indulgence of liberty; contempt of the just restraints of law, morality and decorum. The licentiousness of authors is justly condemned; the licentiousness of the press is punishable by law. Law is the god of wise men; licentiousness is the god of fools.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LICENTIOUS

Li *cen "tious, a. Etym: [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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

licentious

li cen tious |līˈsenSHəs laɪˈsɛnʃəs | ▶adjective 1 promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters. 2 archaic disregarding accepted rules or conventions, esp. in grammar or literary style. DERIVATIVES li cen tious ly adverb, li cen tious ness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin licentiosus, from licentia ‘freedom. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

licentious

licentious |lʌɪˈsɛnʃəs | ▶adjective 1 promiscuous and unprincipled in sexual matters. 2 archaic disregarding accepted conventions, especially in grammar or literary style. DERIVATIVES licentiously adverb, licentiousness noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin licentiosus, from licentia ‘freedom ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

licentious

licentious adjective a book that exaggerates the licentious behavior of the rich and famous: dissolute, dissipated, debauched, degenerate, immoral, naughty, wanton, decadent, depraved, sinful, corrupt; lustful, lecherous, lascivious, libidinous, prurient, lubricious, lewd, promiscuous, lickerish; formal concupiscent. ANTONYMS moral.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

licentious

licentious adjective he was a puritan in a licentious age: dissolute, dissipated, debauched, degenerate, salacious, immoral, wanton, decadent, depraved, profligate, impure, sinful, wicked, corrupt, indecent, libertine; lustful, lecherous, lascivious, libidinous, prurient, lubricious, lewd, promiscuous, unchaste, carnal, fleshly, intemperate, abandoned; ribald, risqué, smutty, dirty, filthy, coarse, perverted; informal horny, raunchy, naughty, pervy; Brit. informal randy; rare concupiscent, lickerish. ANTONYMS moral, virtuous.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

licentious

li cen tious /laɪsénʃəs /形容詞 ｟かたく 非難して ｠不道徳な, ふしだらな ; (性的に )だらしない .～ly 副詞 ～ness 名詞