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English
Etymology
From Middle English libidinous, borrowed from Latin libīdinōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
libidinous (comparative more libidinous, superlative most libidinous)
- Having lustful desires; characterized by lewdness.
1726 October 28, [Jonathan Swift], Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. , volume II, London: Benj Motte, , →OCLC, part IV (A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms):It is observed, that the red haired of both sexes are more libidinous and mischievous than the rest, whom yet they much exceed in strength and activity.
Synonyms
Translations
having lustful desires
- Arabic: شَهْوَانِيّ (šahwāniyy), شَبِق (šabiq), غَلِم (ḡalim)
- Bengali: কামাসক্ত (bn) (kamaśokto), কামুক (bn) (kamuk)
- Bulgarian: похотлив (bg) (pohotliv)
- Catalan: libidinós
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 淫蕩／淫荡 (zh) (yíndàng)
- Czech: libidózní
- Danish: liderlig
- Dutch: wellustig (nl)
- Finnish: himokas (fi)
- French: libidineux (fr)
- Galician: libidinoso
- German: lüstern (de), obszön (de)
- Greek: φιλήδονος (el) (filídonos), ασελγής (el) (aselgís), λιβιδινικός (el) (lividinikós)
- Ancient: λάγνος (lágnos)
- Hebrew: היצריות
- Italian: libidinoso (it)
- Japanese: 嫌らしい (ja) (iyarashii), エッチ (ja) (etchi)
- Korean: 음탕한 (eumtanghan)
- Latin: libīdinōsus
- Lithuanian: geidulingas, gašlus
- Macedonian: сладостра́стен (sladostrásten), раскалашен (raskalašen)
- Maori: tūkari, whakatūkari
- Old English: gālfull, gālliċ
- Portuguese: libidinoso (pt)
- Romanian: libidinos (ro)
- Russian: похотли́вый (ru) (poxotlívyj), сладостра́стный (ru) (sladostrástnyj)
- Spanish: libidinoso (es)
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