† tentiginousadj.
/tɛnˈtɪdʒɪnəs/ Obsolete.
1. Excited to lust; itching, lecherous.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > lecherous
lecherous1303
lickerous1377
cocky1549
cockish?1555
lickering1578
codding1594
salt1598
lickerish1599
rewish1617
tentiginous1631
liquorsome1656
salacious1661
lechering1693
horny1889
horn-mad1893
tomcat1899
whorehopping1954
1631 B. Jonson Divell is Asse ii. iii. 25 in Wks. II Were you tentiginous? ha? Would you be acting of the Incubus?
2. Provocative of lust; lascivious.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > lasciviousness or lust > [adjective] > inciting to lust or lechery
lecherousa1382
provocatoryc1443
provocative?a1505
lascivious1589
libidinous1601
flesh-enraging?1605
lustful?1610
tentiginous1684
1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician xvi. 569 What he here orders to be given is heating and therefore tentiginous.
1704 J. Swift Disc. Mech. Operat. Spirit ii, in Tale of Tub 320 Nothing affects the Head so much, as a tentigenous Humor, repelled and elated to the upper Region.
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