† lasciviatev.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To sport wantonly; to indulge in unseemly jesting.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > be licentious [verb (intransitive)] > act or behave
ragea1400
to play the wanton1529
to play the wanton's part1529
ramp1530
wanton1589
wantonize1592
colta1599
wantonize1611
lasciviate1628
to shake a loose (also free) leg1743
Corinthianize1810
playboy1950
1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xx. sig. Mv Diuinitie should not lasciuiate [1709 be wanton]... Grauitie becomes the Pulpit.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Lasciviate, to play the wanton, to give ones self to lust and lechery.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
Derivatives
laˈsciviating adj.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > moral or spiritual impurity > indecency > [adjective] > lewd, bawdy, or obscene
lewdc1386
filthy?c1400
knavishc1405
sensual?a1425
ribaldousc1440
dishonestc1450
bawdya1513
ribald?a1513
ribaldious?1518
slovenly?1518
ribaldry1519
priapish1531
ribaldish?1533
filthous1551
ribaldly1570
obscene1571
bawdisha1586
obscenous1591
greasy1598
dirty1599
fulsome1600
spurcitious1658
lasciviating1660
smutty1668
bawdry1764
ribaldric1796
un-Quakerlike1824
fat1836
ithyphallic1856
hot1892
rorty1898
rude1919
bitchy1928
feelthy1930
raunchy1943
ranchy1959
down and dirty1969
steamy1970
sleazo1972
1660 Char. Italy To Rdr. sig. A iij He will..say these Whimsies are but Ingenii lascivientis flosculi, the superfluous Excrescencies of lasciviating wit.
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