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English
Etymology
From Latin lasciviens, pr. of lascivire (“to be wanton”), from lascivus. See lascivious.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lascivient (comparative more lascivient, superlative most lascivient)
- (obsolete) lascivious
1659, Henry More, The Immortality of the Soul, so Farre Forth as It is Demonstrable from the Knowledge of Nature and the Light of Reason, London: J Flesher, for William Morden , →OCLC:lascivient cruelty
Derived terms
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Latin
Verb
lascīvient
- third-person plural future active indicative of lascīviō