lascivient

English

Etymology

From Latin lasciviens, pr. of lascivire (“to be wanton”), from lascivus. See lascivious.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ləˈsɪviənt/

Adjective

lascivient (comparative more lascivient, superlative most lascivient)

  1. (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[ames] Flesher, for William Morden […], OCLC 1227597986:
      lascivient cruelty

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for lascivient in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)

Latin

Verb

lascīvient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of lascīviō
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